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cowardliness

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cow⋅ard⋅ly

  [kou-erd-lee]
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–adjective
1. lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
2. characteristic of or befitting a coward; despicably mean, covert, or unprincipled: a cowardly attack on a weak, defenseless man.
–adverb
3. like a coward.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME (adv.); see coward, -ly

Related forms:
cow⋅ard⋅li⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. craven, poltroon, dastardly, pusillanimous, fainthearted, white-livered, lily-livered, chicken-hearted, fearful, afraid, scared. Cowardly, timid, timorous refer to a lack of courage or self-confidence. Cowardly means weakly or basely fearful in the presence of danger: The cowardly wretch deserted his comrades in battle. Timid means lacking in boldness or self-confidence even when there is no danger present: a timid person who stood in the way of his own advancement. Timorous suggests a timidity based on an exaggeration of dangers or on an imaginary creation of dangers: timorous as a mouse.

Antonyms:
1. brave.
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cow·ard·ly   (kou'ərd-lē)   
adj.  Exhibiting the characteristics of a coward, particularly ignoble fear: a cowardly surrender.
cow'ard·li·ness n., cow'ard·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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