Another word for coward
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Noun
An ignoble, uncourageous person
- a contemptible coward
- A common domesticated fowl (Gallus domesticus) widely raised for meat and eggs and believed to be descended from the jungle fowl G. gallus.
- Any of various similar or related birds.
- The flesh of the chicken, used as food.
- An utter coward.
- A strong, usually unpleasant smell; reek.
- A sneaking, malicious coward.
- Characterized by abject fear; cowardly.
- A coward.
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Another word for coward
Noun
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- An unduly timid or anxious person.
- A child's undergarment consisting of a shirt and pants buttoned together at the waist.
- A boy or man who is considered weak or effeminate.
- Any of numerous usually free-swimming marine cnidarians of the class Scyphozoa, characteristically having a gelatinous, tentacled, often bell-shaped medusa stage as the dominant phase of its life cycle.
- Any of various similar or related cnidarians.
- One who lacks force of character; a weakling.
- a contemptible coward
- Any of numerous small rodents of the families Muridae and Cricetidae, such as the house mouse, characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, and a long naked or almost hairless tail.
- Any of various similar or related animals, such as the jumping mouse, the vole, or the jerboa.
- A cowardly or timid person.
- Any of various long-eared, short-tailed, burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, such as the commonly domesticated species Oryctolagus cuniculus, native to Europe and widely introduced elsewhere, or the cottontail of the Americas.
- A hare.
- The fur of a rabbit or hare.
- A timid or fearful person.
- One who is excessively fearful.
- An often aggressive or violent young man:
- An inexperienced young person:
- A cowardly or weak young man:
- One who gives up easily.
- A person regarded as timid or cowardly.
- A boy or man regarded as effeminate.
- Sister.
- A timid or unadventurous person:
- To be timid or cowardly. Usually used with out :
- A common domesticated fowl (Gallus domesticus) widely raised for meat and eggs and believed to be descended from the jungle fowl G. gallus.
- Any of various similar or related birds.
- The flesh of the chicken, used as food.
- A person who malingers.
- Someone who habitually expects the worst outcome; one who looks on the dark side of things.
- A despicable coward; a wretch.
- Despicable and cowardly.
- A person who needlessly alarms others, as by spreading exaggerated rumors of impending danger.
- A stock character in commedia dell'arte and pantomime, depicted as a boastful coward or buffoon.
- One of weak constitution or character.
- A person who blusters.
- A person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller or weaker people.
- A hired ruffian; a thug.
- A pimp.
- A very young child; an infant.
- An unborn child; a fetus.
- The youngest member of a family or group.
- One who has a meek, timid, unassertive nature.
- A man lacking courage and other qualities deemed manly.
- To be overprotective and indulgent toward.
- A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected.
- To go or move in a quiet, stealthy way.
- To behave in a cowardly or servile manner.
- To move, give, take, or put in a quiet, stealthy manner:
- a pale or pallid face
- a person having such a face
- A dog considered to be inferior or undesirable; a mongrel.
- A base or cowardly person.
- A sneaking, malicious coward.
- Unfaithful or disloyal to a belief, duty, or cause:
- Craven or cowardly.
- A faithless or disloyal person.
- Characterized by abject fear; cowardly.
- A coward.
- An utter coward.
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