Antonyms for cowardly
ˈkaʊ ərd licow·ard·ly

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. cowardly

   Antonyms:
   adventurous, bold, brave, chivalric, chivalrous, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, heroic, intrepid, undaunted, undismayed, valiant, venturesome

   Synonyms:
   afraid, cringing, faint-hearted, fearful, frightened, pusillanimous, shrinking, timid, timorous

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cowardly, fearfuladjective

   lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted

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

   Antonyms:
   gritty, stouthearted, spunky, mettlesome, undaunted, game, courageous, gamy, brave, stalwart, desperate, gallant, heroic, gamey, valorous, spirited, valiant, lionhearted

   Synonyms:
   dread(a), fearful, dire, terrible, horrendous, fearsome, horrific, timorous, dreaded, awful, trepid, frightful, frightening, dreadful, direful

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1. cowardlyadjective

   Synonyms:
   craven, pusillanimous, dastard, dastardly, poltroon, recreant, timorous, white-livered, chicken-hearted faint-hearted, spiritless

How to use cowardly in a sentence?

1. L.F. Magister:

   Impossibilities is the easiest way to cowardly people find to justify their failures.

2. Richard Burr:

   I am heartbroken we lost 13 brave servicemen and women last month, including two stationed in North Carolina, in such a horrific and cowardly attack, the men and women we lost made the ultimate sacrifice for our country, and we owe it to them and to their families to honor and preserve their memory.

3. Hossein Salami:

   The blinded enemies of Iran, particularly the planners and coordinators of this cowardly act of terrorism must understand that such savagery will not cause a single wrinkle in our collective will to conquer bright scientific horizons, and be aware that the difficult revenge awaiting them is already an integral part of our work ! .

4. Victoria Spartz:

   This accusation is a cowardly misrepresentation of facts by some jealous members or staff since we had a very productive bipartisan CODEL in March, i did not come to Congress to get paid for my travel vacations or dinners, but rather get things done. I have always been willing to spend my own hard-earned money to help with causes I care about.

5. Elbert Hubbard:

   A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.

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