cowardly as an adjective: - 1
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.
605;
weak-hearted,
fainthearted,
chickenhearted,
henhearted†,
lilyhearted,
pigeon-hearted;
white-livered†,
lily-livered,
milk-livered†;
milksop,
smock-faced;
unable to say 'boo' to a goose.
dastard,
dastardly;
base,
craven,
sneaking,
dunghill,
recreant;
unwarlike,
unsoldier-like.
in face a lion but in heart a deer. "
unmanned;
frightened
etc.
860.
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Roget 605:
irresolute,
infirm of purpose,
double-minded,
half-hearted;
undecided,
unresolved,
undetermined;
shilly-shally;
fidgety,
tremulous;
hesitating
etc.
v.;
off one's balance;
at a loss
etc.
(uncertain)
475.
vacillating
etc.
v.;
unsteady
etc.
(changeable)
149;
unsteadfast†,
fickle,
without ballast;
capricious
etc.
608;
volatile,
frothy;
light,
lightsome,
light-minded;
giddy;
fast and loose.
weak,
feeble-minded,
frail;
timid,
wimpish,
wimpy
etc.
860;
cowardly
etc.
862;
dough-faced [U.S.];
facile;
pliant
etc.
(soft)
324;
unable to say 'no',
easy-going revocable,
reversible.
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Dutch: lafhartig
Polish: trwożliwy, tchórzliwy, bojaźliwy, lękliwy, strachliwy
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