About The Word Cowardly
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Cowardly
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What's The Definition Of Cowardly?
[adj] lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley
Synonyms | Synonyms for Cowardly: caitiff | chicken | chickenhearted | coward(a) | cowering(a) | craven | cringing(a) | dastard(a) | dastardly | faint | fainthearted | fearful | funky | lily-livered | poltroon | poor-spirited | pusillanimous | recreant | timid | unmanly | white-livered | yellow | yellow-bellied Related Terms | Find terms related to Cowardly: abulic | afraid | anemic | asthenic | bashful | bloodless | caitiff | chicken | chickenhearted | coward | cowed | craven | dastardly | daunted | debilitated | diffident | dismayed | drooping | droopy | dull | effete | etiolated | faint | fainthearted | faintish | fearful | fearing | fearsome | feeble | feebleminded | flabby | flaccid | floppy | frail | frightened | funking | funky | gone | goosy | gutless | henhearted | imbecile | impotent | in fear | infirm | intimidated | invertebrate | jumpy | languid | languorous | lily-livered | limber | limp | listless | lustless | marrowless | milk-livered | milksoppish | milksoppy | mousy | namby-pamby | nerveless | nervous | overtimid | overtimorous | panicky | panic-prone | pigeonhearted | pithless | pliable | poltroon | poltroonish | pooped | powerless | pusillanimous | rabbity | recreant | rubbery | sapless | scared | scary | shaky | shivery | shrinking | shy | sinewless | sissified | sissy | skittery | skittish | slack | soft | spineless | spunkless | startlish | strengthless | timid | timorous | trembling | tremulous | trepidant | trigger-happy | unhardened | unmanly | unmanned | unnerved | unstrung | vile | weak | weakhearted | weak-kneed | weakly | weak-minded | weak-willed | white-livered | worthless | yellow See Also | afraid(p) | ignoble Cowardly In Webster's Dictionary \Cow"ard*ly\, a.
1. Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful;
pusillanimous; spiritless.
The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle.
--Shak.
2. Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences;
befitting a coward; dastardly; base; as, cowardly
malignity. --Macaulay.
The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look
danger in the face. --Burke.
Syn: Timid; fearful; timorous; dastardly; pusillanimous;
recreant; craven; faint-hearted; chicken-hearted;
white-livered.
\Cow"ard*ly\, adv. In the manner of a coward. --Spenser. |
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