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Synonyms for cowardice
ˈkaʊ ər dɪscow·ardice
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cowardicenoun
Synonyms:
cowardlinesscowardicenoun
Lack of courage.
Synonyms:
cowardliness
English Synonyms and Antonyms
cowardice
Synonyms:
cowardliness, effeminacy, fear, pusillanimity, timidityAntonyms:
bravery, courage, gallantry, heroism, intrepidity, prowess, valor
Princeton's WordNet
cowardice, cowardlinessnoun
the trait of lacking courage
Synonyms:
cowardlinessAntonyms:
braveness, courage, courageousness, bravery
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
cowardicenoun
Synonyms:
pusillanimity, poltroonery, timidity, fear, cowardliness, the white feather
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
cowardicenoun
Synonyms:
pusillanimity, poltroonery, dastardy, recreancy, timidity, cowardliness
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2824 | fear | |
#19626 | coward | |
#38914 | cowardly | |
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#60838 | timidity | |
#155479 | effeminacy |
How to use cowardice in a sentence?
Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice.
Those words, temperate and moderate, are words either of political cowardice, or of cunning, or seduction. A thing, moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper, is always a virtue; but moderation in principle, is a species of vice.
There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.
Cowardice asks the question - is it safe? Vanity asks the question - is it popular? Expediency asks the question - is it political? But conscience asks the question - is it right? There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, popular, or political; but because it is right.
Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark.
Translations for cowardice
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- جبانةArabic
- страхливостBulgarian
- covardiaCatalan, Valencian
- zbabělostCzech
- fejhedDanish
- Feigheit, Ängstlichkeit, KleinmutGerman
- δειλία, ανανδρίαGreek
- malkuraĝecoEsperanto
- cobardíaSpanish
- pelkuruusFinnish
- lâchetéFrench
- cladhaireachdScottish Gaelic
- py'amirĩGuaraní
- פחדנותHebrew
- कायरताHindi
- gyávaságHungarian
- coardiaInterlingua
- kekecutan, kepengecutanIndonesian
- poltroneso, deskurajoIdo
- ragmennska, bleyði, gunguskapur, heigulshátturIcelandic
- viltà, pusillanimità, vigliaccheria, codardiaItalian
- 憶病Japanese
- 비겁Korean
- bêcesaretî, tirsonekî, newêrekî, tirsokî, bêcuretîKurdish
- feighetNorwegian
- lafheidDutch
- feigskapNorwegian Nynorsk
- covardiaPortuguese
- lașitate, poltronerieRomanian
- бзде́ние, трусость, малоду́шиеRussian
- feghetSwedish
- పిరికితనముTelugu
- dredöfVolapük
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