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coward

1

[ kou-erd ]

noun

  1. a person who lacks courage in facing danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc.; a timid or easily intimidated person.

    Synonyms: milksop, recreant, dastard, poltroon, craven



adjective

  1. lacking courage; very fearful or timid.
  2. proceeding from or expressive of fear or timidity:

    a coward cry.

Coward

2

[ kou-erd ]

noun

  1. Noel, 1899–1973, English playwright, author, actor, and composer.

Coward

1

/ ˈkaʊəd /

noun

  1. CowardSir Noël (Pierce)18991973MEnglishTHEATRE: dramatistTHEATRE: actorMUSIC: composer Sir Noël ( Pierce ). 1899–1973, English dramatist, actor, and composer, noted for his sophisticated comedies, which include Private Lives (1930) and Blithe Spirit (1941)


coward

2

/ ˈkaʊəd /

noun

  1. a person who shrinks from or avoids danger, pain, or difficulty

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Word History and Origins

Origin of coward1

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English, from Old French couard-, couart “cowardly,” from coue “tail” (from Latin cauda, cōda ) + -art -ard

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Word History and Origins

Origin of coward1

C13: from Old French cuard, from coue tail, from Latin cauda; perhaps suggestive of a frightened animal with its tail between its legs

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Example Sentences

Hill advised him not to, saying that if he did so, the cadets would regard him as a coward.

And cancer, deceiver, pretender, coward; it cannot even subsist without the vibrant people it depends on.

Or he could have been a coward, lashing out at me for some online slight.

He was ultimately a coward, and he took no pleasure in his victims fighting back.

Nina Straight says her half-brother was “a physical coward but not scared of death.”

A coward by nature, he had been on the verge of a nervous breakdown before the trial, thinking of what might happen.

I have not in the world the name of a coward, and yet I am the greatest coward here.

A grand victory all right, if that coward of a sheriff hadn't got the Governor to send the militia to Homestead.

He was thought brave, for no man in the Ozarks dared to stand up against him in a fight, but at heart he was a coward.

I had forgotten for the moment that the cop was a coward; but Burke didn't waste a bit of time in bringing back my memory.

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