cowardly
84
3.9
- adjective
- /ˈkaʊərdli/
:
cobarde
- His cowardly refusal to confront the problem only made things worse.
- cowardly behavior
- too cowardly
- a cowardly man
I'm like, is there anything more cowardly than not facing your demons?
- I'm like, is there anything more cowardly than not facing your demons?
- Is there a more cowardly phrase than this is a states rights issue?
- But if he finds it painful, he is cowardly.
- Killed by cowardly, hateful American terrorists.
- And now out here, well, that was a cowardly act.
- We don't want to feel like the kind of person that is run by, you know, cowardly motivations.
- And administrators are bureaucrats and bureaucrats are famously cowardly.
- And it's been able to force its way because natural conservatives have have just been cowardly.
- Just how low their cowardly, pathetic Weasley behavior has sunk.
Examples
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People were cowardly, they didn't speak up.
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Isn't it kind of cowardly?
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I think it's so cowardly and I think I get it.
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The whole cowardly approach needs to stop.
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Because I am so cowardly, I have seen Fear, and Fear has made me free.
Fiction book (2001) -
The the best thing to do is to recognize that this is a cowardly, unfair fight.
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That's a very cowardly way of competing.
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I felt it would be, how can I put it, cowardly to write a book about the future and not stick my neck out and make some attempts and predictions.
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We don't want to feel like the kind of person that is run by, you know, cowardly motivations.
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My stomach knotted, and I felt a cowardly impulse to shut the door and head back to Streamwood.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
143
1.3
Feeling afraid or nervous and easily frightened
27
5.6
Not having courage to act or speak up
11
8.7
Being very afraid and not willing to face danger
5
7.9
Being too afraid to do things that need courage
5
7.2
Easily frightened and not willing to take risks
3
9.9
Not brave and easily frightened
2
9.9
Easily afraid and not willing to take risks
1
3.5
People who are shy and afraid to try new or dangerous things
Being very easily frightened and not brave
Very afraid and not willing to face danger
Antonyms
Compounds
How Brave
154
3.8
157
3.3
906
1.0
60
3.5
84
3.9
- Offensive
27
5.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cowardly comes from coward, a word that long ago described someone who 'showed their tail' like an animal when they ran away. So, cowardly now means lacking courage and avoiding danger or trouble.