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Humbled vs Cowed - What's the difference?

humbled | cowed | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between humbled and cowed

is that humbled is feeling the positive effects of humility while cowed is frightened into submission.

As verbs the difference between humbled and cowed

is that humbled is past tense of humble while cowed is past tense of cow.

humbled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Feeling the positive effects of humility.
    • I felt so humbled to help out during the disaster relief appeal.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (humble)

    • cowed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Frightened into submission.
    • * (English Citations of "cowed")

    Synonyms

    * intimidated

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cow)