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cowardly

adjective

1 cowardly

Lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted:
— Cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then.

synonym: fearful.

Roget 862: coward, cowardly; fearful, shy; timid, timorous; skittish; poor-spirited, spiritless, soft, effeminate.    weak-minded; infirm of purpose etc. ... show more

Roget 605: irresolute, infirm of purpose, double-minded, half-hearted; undecided, unresolved, undetermined; shilly-shally; fidgety, tremulous; hesitating etc. v.; off one's balance; ... show more

Dutch: lafhartig
Polish: trwożliwy, tchórzliwy, bojaźliwy, lękliwy, strachliwy


Moby thesaurus: abulic, afraid, anemic, asthenic, bashful, bloodless, caitiff, chicken, chickenhearted, coward, cowed, craven, dastardly, daunted, debilitated, diffident, dismayed, drooping, droopy, dull ... show more.

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