cornered

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cornered

adjective more cornered · most cornered

Having corners.
figuratively Of a person or animal, forced into a difficult or inescapable situation.

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of corner

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Closest in meaning: at bay, trapped, treed, unfree, besieged, busted, caught, constipated, forces, framed, jammed, locked, pinned, scavenged, sequestered, sieged

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@misc{cornered_2026,
  title = {cornered},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cornered},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}