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- Dictionarycowardly/ˈkaʊədli/
adjective
- 1. lacking courage: "he was a weak, cowardly man"
adverb
- 1. in a way which shows a lack of courage. archaic
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Learn the meaning of cowardly as an adjective or an adverb, and see synonyms, examples, and word history. Cowardly means lacking courage, disgracefully timid, or characteristic of a coward.
Cowardly means not brave and eager to avoid danger, difficulty, or pain. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences and see synonyms, antonyms, and translations.
Find 103 similar and opposite words for cowardly, an adjective meaning having or showing a shameful lack of courage. Learn how to use cowardly and its synonyms in different contexts and sentences.
- Some common synonyms of cowardly are craven, dastardly, and pusillanimous. While all these words mean "having or showing a lack of courage," coward...
- The synonyms craven and cowardly are sometimes interchangeable, but craven suggests extreme defeatism and complete lack of resistance. // secretly...
- While in some cases nearly identical to cowardly, dastardly often implies behavior that is both cowardly and treacherous or skulking or outrageous....
- In some situations, the words pusillanimous and cowardly are roughly equivalent. However, pusillanimous suggests a contemptible lack of courage. //...
cowardly: 1 adj lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted “" cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley” Synonyms: fearful afraid filled with fear or apprehension timid showing fear and lack of confidence caitiff despicably mean and cowardly chicken , chickenhearted , lily-livered , white-livered , yellow , yellow-bellied ...
Cowardly definition: lacking courage; contemptibly timid.. See examples of COWARDLY used in a sentence.
Cowardly means lacking courage or easily frightened. It is often used to disapprove of someone who avoids doing dangerous or difficult things. See synonyms, pronunciation, collocations and examples of cowardly in sentences.
Cowardly means lacking courage or showing the characteristics of a coward. Find the origin, pronunciation, and translations of cowardly in English and Spanish dictionaries.
