Quailed

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  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of quail.
  • Word Usage
    "He's a person who quailed before imagined public prejudice by cancelling an exhibition of Arab-Canadian art immediately after 9/11 -- for which he received a parliamentary rap on the knuckles."
    Verb Form
    quailed    quailing    quails   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    wildfowl   
    Variant
    turnix   
    Hyponym
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    blench    flinch    tremble    yield    succumb    cower    quake    shrink    quell    crush   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bayle    Braille    Dail    Dale    Gael    Gail    Galle    Gayle    Hale    Jarrell   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    partridge    pigeon    woodcock    cuckoo    swan    grouse    peacock    turkey    blackbird    dove