About The Word Cowardice
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Cowardice
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What's The Definition Of Cowardice?
[n] the trait of lacking courage
Synonyms | Synonyms for Cowardice: cowardliness Related Terms | Find terms related to Cowardice: abject fear | abulia | adynamia | affright | alarm | anemia | atony | awe | blah feeling | bloodlessness | blue funk | cachexia | cachexy | consternation | cowardliness | debilitation | debility | dismay | dread | dullness | etiolation | faintheartedness | faintness | fatigue | fear | feeblemindedness | feebleness | flabbiness | flaccidity | frailty | fright | funk | horrification | horror | impotence | infirmity | languishment | languor | lassitude | listlessness | panic | panic fear | phobia | pliability | prostration | pusillanimity | scare | sluggishness | softness | spinelessness | stampede | strengthlessness | terror | timidity | timorousness | unholy dread | weak will | weakliness | weak-mindedness | weakness | weariness See Also | cravenness | dastardliness | fearfulness | spirit Cowardice In Webster's Dictionary \Cow"ard*ice\ (-[i^]s), n. [F. couardise, fr. couard.
See {Coward}.]
Want of courage to face danger; extreme timidity;
pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit.
The cowardice of doing wrong. --Milton.
Moderation was despised as cowardice. --Macaulay.
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