Cowering and Mousy

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Mousy and cowering are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mousy" instead an adjective "Cowering".

Nearby Words: cower, cowered

Mousy adjective - Easily frightened.

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Cowering and mousy are semantically related. You can use "Cowering" instead an adjective "Mousy".

Nearby Words: mouse, mousey, mousing

Instead, as played by Shelley Duvall she is a sweet, mousy woman who is cowering and ingratiating around Jack to the point of being irritating...that is, the type of wife someone like him would probably end up with.

Source: Film / The Shining

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