cowardly
21cowardly — coward ► NOUN ▪ a person contemptibly lacking in courage. DERIVATIVES cowardice noun cowardliness noun cowardly adjective. ORIGIN Old French couard, from Latin cauda tail , perhaps with reference to an animal with its tail between its legs …
22Cowardly Lion — Oz character The Cowardly Lion as illustrated by William Wallace Denslow (1900) First appearance The Wonderful Wizar …
23cowardly — Synonyms and related words: abulic, afraid, anemic, asthenic, bashful, bloodless, caitiff, chicken, chickenhearted, coward, cowed, craven, dastardly, daunted, debilitated, diffident, dismayed, drooping, droopy, dull, effete, etiolated, faint,… …
24cowardly — cow·ard·ly || kaÊŠÉ™dlɪ adj. fearful, lacking courage …
25cowardly — adjective lacking courage. Derivatives cowardliness noun …
26cowardly — I. a. Pusillanimous, dastardly, craven, fearful, timorous, timid, coward, recreant, base, faint hearted, chicken hearted white livered, showing the white feather. II. ad. Pusillanimously, timorously, basely, meanly, cravenly …
27cowardly — adj craven, poltroon, dastardly, base, recreant, Archaic. niddering, Archaic. caitiff; pusillanimous, timorous, timid, fearful, afraid, frightened, afraid of one s shadow, not having the heart, unmanly, faint hearted, lily livered, white livered …
28cowardly — cow·ard·ly …
29cowardly — adjective Syn: faint hearted, lily livered, spineless, craven, timid, timorous, fearful; informal yellow, chicken, gutless, yellow bellied Ant: brave …
30cowardly — /ˈkaʊədli/ (say kowuhdlee) adjective (cowardlier, cowardliest) 1. lacking courage; basely timid. 2. characteristic of or befitting a coward. –adverb 3. like a coward. –cowardliness, noun …
