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Another word for cowardly

Adjective

  1. Ignobly lacking in courage

    2. See also:

    fear

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Another word for cowardly

Modifier

  1. Lacking courage

    2. See also:

    timid

    afraid

    Antonyms:

  2. Suggestive of a coward

    3. See also:

    weak

  3. In the manner of a coward

Synonym Study

  • Dastardly connotes a sneaking, malicious cowardice that is manifested in a despicable act a dastardly informer
  • Pusillanimous implies an ignoble, contemptible lack of courage or resolution pusillanimous submission
  • Craven implies abject or fainthearted fear a craven fear for one's life
  • Cowardly , the general term, suggests a reprehensible lack of courage in the face of danger or pain a cowardly deserter
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Sentence Examples

  • He had behaved like a cowardly recruit who mutilates himself to escape military service.

  • He is cowardly in war, and on one occasion was shut up for years in a huge brazen pot.

  • And the Cowardly Lion?

  • The covering of this savage but cowardly little night-prowler is a sort of short hair, not fur.

  • The young prince alone rose to the height of the occasion, and set his face against such cowardly counsels, and he had the enthusiastic support of the great majority of the people.

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