To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
Infinitivecower
Past simplecowered
Past participlecowered
-ing formcowering
Full conjugation of the English verb to cower (past simple cowered,
past participle cowered):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
cower
you
cower
he/she/it
cowers
we
cower
you
cower
they
cower
Present continuous
I
am cowering
you
are cowering
he/she/it
is cowering
we
are cowering
you
are cowering
they
are cowering
Present perfect
I
have cowered
you
have cowered
he/she/it
has cowered
we
have cowered
you
have cowered
they
have cowered
Present perfect continuous
I
have been cowering
you
have been cowering
he/she/it
has been cowering
we
have been cowering
you
have been cowering
they
have been cowering
Past simple
I
cowered
you
cowered
he/she/it
cowered
we
cowered
you
cowered
they
cowered
Past continuous
I
was cowering
you
were cowering
he/she/it
was cowering
we
were cowering
you
were cowering
they
were cowering
Past perfect
I
had cowered
you
had cowered
he/she/it
had cowered
we
had cowered
you
had cowered
they
had cowered
Past perfect continuous
I
had been cowering
you
had been cowering
he/she/it
had been cowering
we
had been cowering
you
had been cowering
they
had been cowering
Future simple
I
will cower
you
will cower
he/she/it
will cower
we
will cower
you
will cower
they
will cower
Future continuous
I
will be cowering
you
will be cowering
he/she/it
will be cowering
we
will be cowering
you
will be cowering
they
will be cowering
Future perfect
I
will have cowered
you
will have cowered
he/she/it
will have cowered
we
will have cowered
you
will have cowered
they
will have cowered
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been cowering
you
will have been cowering
he/she/it
will have been cowering
we
will have been cowering
you
will have been cowering
they
will have been cowering
Conditional
Present
I
would cower
you
would cower
he/she/it
would cower
we
would cower
you
would cower
they
would cower
Present continuous
I
would be cowering
you
would be cowering
he/she/it
would be cowering
we
would be cowering
you
would be cowering
they
would be cowering
Perfect
I
would have cowered
you
would have cowered
he/she/it
would have cowered
we
would have cowered
you
would have cowered
they
would have cowered
Perfect continuous
I
would have been cowering
you
would have been cowering
he/she/it
would have been cowering
we
would have been cowering
you
would have been cowering
they
would have been cowering
Subjunctive
Present
that I
cower
that you
cower
that he/she/it
cower
that we
cower
that you
cower
that they
cower
Past
if I
cowered
if you
cowered
if he/she/it
cowered
if we
cowered
if you
cowered
if they
cowered
Imperative
Affirmative
you
cower
we
let's cower
Negative
you
don't cower
we
let's not cower
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to cower
Perfect infinitive
to have cowered
Present participle / gerund
cowering
Past participle
cowered
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