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Synonyms for cowardice
ˈkaʊ ər dɪs
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Princeton's WordNet
cowardice, cowardliness(noun)
the trait of lacking courage
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cowardlinessAntonyms:
braveness, courage, courageousness, bravery
Wiktionary
cowardice(noun)
Synonyms:
cowardlinesscowardice(noun)
Lack of courage.
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cowardliness
English Synonyms and Antonyms
cowardice
Synonyms:
cowardliness, effeminacy, fear, pusillanimity, timidityAntonyms:
bravery, courage, gallantry, heroism, intrepidity, prowess, valor
Dictionary of English Synonymes
cowardice(n.)
Synonyms:
pusillanimity, poltroonery, timidity, fear, cowardliness, the white feather
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
cowardice(n)
Synonyms:
pusillanimity, poltroonery, dastardy, recreancy, timidity, cowardliness
Words popularity by usage frequency
| rank | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #2824 | fear | |
| #19626 | coward | |
| #38914 | cowardly | |
| #48760 | cowardice | |
| #60838 | timidity | |
| #155479 | effeminacy |
How to use cowardice in a sentence?
Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination. Learning to suspend your imagination and live completely in the very second of the present with no before and no after is the greatest gift a soldier can acquire.
Terrorists kill from far, but cowardice is not far. (Les terroristes tuent de loin, Mais la lâcheté n'est pas loin)
Conscience and cowardice are really the same thing. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm.
The tyranny of some is possible only through the cowardice of others.
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.
Translations for cowardice
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- جبانةArabic
- страхливостBulgarian
- covardiaCatalan, Valencian
- zbabělostCzech
- fejhedDanish
- Ängstlichkeit, Feigheit, KleinmutGerman
- ανανδρία, δειλίαGreek
- malkuraĝecoEsperanto
- cobardíaSpanish
- pelkuruusFinnish
- lâchetéFrench
- cladhaireachdScottish Gaelic
- py'amirĩGuaraní
- פחדנותHebrew
- कायरताHindi
- gyávaságHungarian
- coardiaInterlingua
- kepengecutan, kekecutanIndonesian
- deskurajo, poltronesoIdo
- bleyði, gunguskapur, heigulsháttur, ragmennskaIcelandic
- viltà, codardia, vigliaccheria, pusillanimitàItalian
- 憶病Japanese
- 비겁Korean
- tirsonekî, bêcesaretî, newêrekî, tirsokî, bêcuretîKurdish
- feighetNorwegian
- lafheidDutch
- feigskapNorwegian Nynorsk
- covardiaPortuguese
- poltronerie, lașitateRomanian
- трусость, малоду́шие, бзде́ниеRussian
- feghetSwedish
- పిరికితనముTelugu
- dredöfVolapük
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