What is another word for Cowardly?
Synonyms for Cowardly
ˈkaʊ ərd licow·ard·ly
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
cowardly
Synonyms:
afraid, cringing, faint-hearted, fearful, frightened, pusillanimous, shrinking, timid, timorousAntonyms:
adventurous, bold, brave, chivalric, chivalrous, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, heroic, intrepid, undaunted, undismayed, valiant, venturesome
Princeton's WordNet
cowardly, fearfuladjective
lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
"cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley
Synonyms:
dread(a), fearful, dire, terrible, horrendous, fearsome, horrific, timorous, dreaded, cowardly, awful, trepid, frightful, frightening, dreadful, direfulAntonyms:
gritty, stouthearted, spunky, mettlesome, undaunted, game, courageous, gamy, brave, stalwart, desperate, gallant, heroic, gamey, valorous, spirited, valiant, lionhearted
Dictionary of English Synonymes
cowardlyadjective
Synonyms:
pusillanimous, dastardly, craven, fearful, timorous, timid, diffident, faint-hearted, chicken-hearted, white-livered, showing the white feather
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
cowardlyadjective
Synonyms:
craven, pusillanimous, dastard, dastardly, poltroon, recreant, timorous, white-livered, chicken-hearted faint-hearted, spiritless
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#5227 | loose | |
#5795 | afraid | |
#6918 | terrible | |
#9775 | awful | |
#16120 | dire | |
#19626 | coward | |
#20134 | frightened | |
#20756 | frightening | |
#21238 | shrinking | |
#22989 | fearful | |
#23190 | dreadful | |
#26052 | horrific | |
#27379 | vile | |
#27446 | dreaded | |
#33672 | timid | |
#38864 | horrendous | |
#38914 | cowardly | |
#47706 | despicable | |
#48760 | cowardice | |
#51495 | fearsome | |
#54515 | frightful | |
#62112 | laf | |
#71961 | dastardly | |
#99168 | gutless | |
#100376 | cringing | |
#149487 | timorous | |
#272099 | pusillanimous |
How to use Cowardly in a sentence?
To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic.
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea:
It appears to be a completely cowardly, despicable, senseless attack on a defenseless police officer, thank God we're not planning a funeral.
A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.
The politicians who are encouraging us to quit the fight are acting in a most cowardly way.
To philosophize is only another way of being afraid and leads hardly anywhere but to cowardly make-believe.
Translations for Cowardly
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- страхливBulgarian
- covard, covardamentCatalan, Valencian
- zbabělýCzech
- feigeGerman
- vil, ruinSpanish
- pelkurimainenFinnish
- lâche, bas, veule, lâchementFrench
- meataIrish
- faitaghManx
- gyávaHungarian
- vigliaccamente, codardo, pusillanimamente, pusillanime, vilmente, vile, vigliaccoItalian
- へたれJapanese
- feigNorwegian
- lafDutch
- feigNorwegian Nynorsk
- tchórzliwyPolish
- cobardemente, covarde, cobarde, covardementePortuguese
- mișel, fricos, lașRomanian
- малоду́шно, трусли́вый, трусли́во, малоду́шныйRussian
- fegSwedish
- jidredöfaniko, dredöfaniko, dredöfik, hidredöfaniko, dredöfo, dredöfikoVolapük
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