coward
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2.3
- noun
- /ˈkaʊərd/
- Offensive
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cobarde
- Despite his size, he was often seen as a coward because he avoided any challenge.
- make a coward
I'm not going in my coffin, in my grave as a coward, you know?
- I'm not going in my coffin, in my grave as a coward, you know?
- I like any game where I'm a coward creeping around in the grass.
- Also, we got to get through it, and we cannot be cowards in that.
- So Joseph Kony, as far as I'm concerned, was a coward, still a coward.
- Your problem is that you're cowards without a shred of scientific integrity.
- My father used to say fatigue makes cowards out of everybody.
- I am a coward, I said, and I don't do the fight thing.
- Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
- So I didn't want to feel like a coward.
- That I was a coward, that I, you know, prioritized other things.
- Am I going to die as a coward or am I going to die fighting?
- It's like coward Tommy Laren, another piece of shit.
- But not most narcissistic folks take the cowards way out.
Examples
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On the other hand, I do not wish to play the coward and just shirk the issue.
Academic text (1997) -
"I'm afraid I'm turning into a coward like everyone else I know," she said.
Academic text (1998) -
Am I going to die as a coward or am I going to die fighting?
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I called you and, like a coward, left you to face the music.
Academic text (2007) -
I am a coward, I said, and I don't do the fight thing.
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You picked him because he was a coward, didn't you?
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When I get accused of being a coward, it riles me.
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My father used to say fatigue makes cowards out of everybody.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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I'm confessing to you that I'm tired of being a hypocrite and a coward.
Synonyms
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9.6
A person who is very afraid and avoids danger or difficult situations
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9.3
A person who is too afraid to try things
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9.9
A rude word for a person who is cowardly or mean
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9.9
A person who is too afraid to act or make decisions
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9.9
A person who is cowardly and betrays others to save themselves
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8.9
A person who is easily frightened and avoids danger
A person who is too scared to try new things
Antonyms
How Brave
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word coward comes from an old word for 'tail' (cauda) in Old French, because to 'turn your tail' meant to run away. So a coward is someone who shows fear and avoids danger.