About The Word Coward
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Coward
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What's The Definition Of Coward?
[n] a person who shows fear or timidity
[n] English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973) Synonyms | Synonyms for Coward: Noel Coward | Sir Noel Pierce Coward Related Terms | Find terms related to Coward: baby | big baby | caitiff | chicken | chicken liver | craven | dastard | fraid-cat | fraidy-cat | funk | funker | gutless | invertebrate | jellyfish | lily liver | lily-livered | milksop | Milquetoast | mouse | poltroon | poltroonish | pusillanimous | quitter | recreant | Scaramouch | scaredy-cat | sissy | spunkless | unmanly | weak sister | weakling | white feather | white liver See Also | actor | composer | craven | cur | dastard | dramatist | hesitater | hesitator | histrion | human | individual | milksop | Milquetoast | mortal | pansy | pantywaist | person | player | playwright | poltroon | quaker | recreant | role player | shrinking violet | shy person | sissy | somebody | someone | soul | thespian | trembler | vacillator | waverer Coward In Webster's Dictionary \Cow"ard\ (kou"?rd), a. [OF. couard, coard, coart, n. and
adj., F. couard, fr. OF. coe, coue, tail, F. queue (fr. L.
coda, a form of cauda tail) + -ard; orig., short-tailed, as
an epithet of the hare, or perh., turning tail, like a scared
dog. Cf. {Cue}, {Queue}, {Caudal}.]
1. (Her.) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled
between his legs; -- said of a lion.
2. Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly.
Fie, coward woman, and soft-hearted wretch. --Shak.
3. Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of,
base fear or timidity.
He raised the house with loud and coward cries.
--Shak.
Invading fears repel my coward joy. --Proir.
\Cow"ard\, n. A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon. A fool is nauseous, but a coward worse. --Dryden. Syn: Craven; poltroon; dastard. \Cow"ard\, v. t. To make timorous; to frighten. [Obs.] That which cowardeth a man's heart. --Foxe. |
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