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Present participle for to retreat in fear

Present participle for to tremble in fear

Present participle for to grovel or kowtow to (in fear)

Present participle for to lower the body quickly

Present participle for to bend the head or upper part of the body as a sign of respect, greeting, or shame

Present participle for to crowd or nestle closely together

Shaking or quivering as a result of cowardice

Prepared to obey others unquestioningly

Having a dejected or guilty appearance

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Verb

Present participle for to retreat in fear

getting cold feet

shaking with fear

having cold feet

backpedalling^UK

backpedaling^US

cutting and run

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“Do not cower at the sight of superior numbers, shrink from difficulties, or fear what may appear to be impossible.”

Verb

Present participle for to tremble in fear

“I can't decide whether to cower while I await the apocalypse, or run determinedly into it.”

Verb

Present participle for to grovel or kowtow to (in fear)

apple-polishing

curry favoring with

curry favouring with

ingratiating oneself with

falling all over

dancing attendance on

licking someone's boots

bowing and scraping

prostrating oneself

humbling oneself

behaving obsequiously

paying court to

rubbing up the right way

abasing yourself

currying favour

kissing one's feet

ingratiating yourself

keeping someone sweet

getting in with

lying down and rolling over

going along with

knuckling under

cringing before

grovelling before

smarming around

bowing and scrape before

laying it on with a trowel

abasing oneself before

singing the praises of

falling over oneself for

laying it on thick

praising to the skies

praising to excess

falling on one's knees

getting down on knees

bending the knee

going down on your knees

showing respect for

demeaning oneself

hero-worshipping

waxing lyrical about

expressing admiration for

complimenting excessively

spreading it on

rubbing the right way

paying blandishments to

saying nice things about

scratching one's back

abasing oneself to

demeaning oneself to

bowing and scrape to

bobbing a curtsy

kissing someone's feet

seeking the favour of

trying to get on the good side of

eating humble pie

humiliating yourself

prostrating oneself before

trying to win over

kissing the feet of

prostrating oneself to

paying tribute to

putting on a pedestal

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“Was she so early to cower to the nation which had sought to strangle us in our infancy, and which has never ceased to retard our approach to manhood?”

Verb

Present participle for to lower the body quickly

Verb

Present participle for to bend the head or upper part of the body as a sign of respect, greeting, or shame

Verb

Present participle for to crowd or nestle closely together

Adjective

Shaking or quivering as a result of cowardice

chicken-hearted

chicken-livered

lacking courage

having the willies

easily frightened

having cold feet

scared to death

afraid of one's own shadow

like a lamb to the slaughter

terror-stricken

apprehensive about

frightened out of your wits

horror-stricken

scared out of your wits

shaking like a leaf

in a cold sweat

shaking in one's shoes

with your heart in your mouth

lacking confidence

lacking self-confidence

not self-assured

lacking assurance

lacking in confidence

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

approval-seeking

hemming and hawing

without a will of your own

afraid of one's shadow

easily agitated

on pins and needles

in a state of agitation

in a state of nerves

a bundle of nerves

frightened to death

like a cat on a hot tin roof

all of a doodah

all of a lather

all of a dither

like a cat on hot bricks

bricking oneself

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Adjective

Prepared to obey others unquestioningly

in one's clutches

in one's pocket

under one's thumb

under the thumb

at beck and call

treated like dirt

led by the nose

in fear of one's partner

tied to someone's apron strings

subjected to nagging

under someone's heel

without a mind of one's own

apple-polishing

forelock-tugging

excessively deferential

bowing and scraping

easily persuaded

well disciplined

wrapped around finger

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Adjective

Having a dejected or guilty appearance

conscience-stricken

down in the mouth

down in the dumps

in the doldrums

sick as a parrot

as sick as a parrot

singing the blues

down-in-the-mouth

sorry for yourself

in sackcloth and ashes

with one's tail between one's legs

deeply saddened

extremely saddened

ill-humoured^UK

prostrate with grief

discombobulated

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

with a long face

unable to be consoled

unable to be comforted

beside oneself with grief

discountenanced

blush to think of

unfavourable^UK

heavy with grief

overcome with sorrow

given to looking on the black side

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

heart-wrenching

longing for home

deeply regretful

full of despair

looking on the black side

having the blahs

having blue devils

at end of one's rope

at the end of your tether

on the verge of tears

lacking in confidence

lacking in enthusiasm

having lost heart

in floods of tears

with tears in your eyes

racked with suffering

racked with pain

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