cowardly
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ərd adjective
1.
lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
adverb
3.
like a coward.
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.
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.
1. brave.
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| —adj | |
| of or characteristic of a coward; lacking courage | |
| 'cowardliness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
cowardly
early 14c. (adv.); 1550s (adj.), from coward (q.v.). The adv. is much older than the adj.
"Yit had I levir do what I may Than here to dye thus cowerdelye" ["Le Morte d'Arthur," c.1450]
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Example sentences
It means being neither reckless nor cowardly but facing up to our duties and responsibilities.
Your cowardly anonymity blights your comment further.
The accountable and transparent branches of government have ranged from ineffective and cowardly to disastrous.
Cuteness got its start as a cowardly form of resistance, a velvet rebellion led by smiley-face emoticons.
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