cowardice
Roget category 862
6. Words relating to the sentient and moral› 6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.3. Prospective affections
#862.
[Excess of fear.]
Cowardice
noun
cowardice,
pusillanimity —
cowardliness
etc.
adj. —
timidity,
effeminacy.
poltroonery,
baseness —
dastardness†,
dastardy† —
abject fear,
funk —
Dutch courage —
fear
etc.
860 —
white feather,
faint heart —
cold feet [U.S.],
yellow streak [Slang].
coward,
poltroon,
dastard,
sneak,
recreant —
shy cock,
dunghill cock —
coistril†,
milksop,
white liver,
lily liver,
nidget†,
one that cannot say 'boo' to a goose —
slink —
Bob Acres,
Jerry Sneak.
alarmist,
terrorist†,
pessimist —
runagate
etc.
(fugitive)
623.
verb
quail
etc.
(fear)
860 —
be cowardly
etc.
adj.,
be a coward
etc.
n. —
funk —
cower,
skulk,
sneak —
flinch,
shy,
fight shy,
slink,
turn tail —
run away
etc.
(avoid)
623 —
show,
the white feather.
adjective
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.
interjection
sauve qui peut! [Fr.],
every man for himself! [Fr.Tr.] —
devil take the hindmost!,
phrase
ante tubam trepidat [Lat.],
one's courage oozing out —
degeneres animos timor arguit [Lat.]
[Vergil].
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