Word

cowardly, adj.
freq. cnt. 2

lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

cowardly fearful

sample sentences

"cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley

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antonym

derivationally related form

coward cowardliness

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derivationally related form

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also see

afraid ignoble timid

attribute

cowardice, cowardliness

similar to

caitiff yellow, chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied craven, recreant dastard, dastardly faint, fainthearted, timid, faint-hearted funky poltroon pusillanimous, poor-spirited, unmanly