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coward
(mass) | coward
- zbabelý, zbabelec |
coward
(encz) | coward,zbabělec |
Coward
(gcide) | Coward \Cow"ard\ (kou"?rd), a. [OF. couard, coard, coart, n. and
adj., F. couard, fr. OF. coe, coue, tail, F. queue (fr. L.
coda, a form of cauda tail) + -ard; orig., short-tailed, as
an epithet of the hare, or perh., turning tail, like a scared
dog. Cf. Cue, Queue, Caudal.]
1. (Her.) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled
between his legs; -- said of a lion.
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2. Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly.
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Fie, coward woman, and soft-hearted wretch. --Shak.
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3. Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of,
base fear or timidity.
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He raised the house with loud and coward cries.
--Shak.
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Invading fears repel my coward joy. --Proir.
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Coward
(gcide) | Coward \Cow"ard\, n.
A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person;
a poltroon.
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A fool is nauseous, but a coward worse. --Dryden.
Syn: Craven; poltroon; dastard.
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Coward
(gcide) | Coward \Cow"ard\, v. t.
To make timorous; to frighten. [Obs.]
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That which cowardeth a man's heart. --Foxe.
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coward
(wn) | coward
n 1: a person who shows fear or timidity
2: English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty
and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973) [syn: Coward, {Noel
Coward}, Sir Noel Pierce Coward] |
coward
(devil) | COWARD, n. One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
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coward
(mass) | coward
- zbabelý, zbabelec |
coward
(encz) | coward,zbabělec |
cowardice
(encz) | cowardice,zbabělost Josef Kosek |
cowardliness
(encz) | cowardliness,zbabělost n: Zdeněk Brož |
cowardly
(encz) | cowardly,zbabělý |
cowards
(encz) | cowards,zbabělci Zdeněk Brož |
Cowardice
(gcide) | Cowardice \Cow"ard*ice\ (-[i^]s), n. [F. couardise, fr. couard.
See Coward.]
Want of courage to face danger; extreme timidity;
pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit.
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The cowardice of doing wrong. --Milton.
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Moderation was despised as cowardice. --Macaulay.
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Cowardie
(gcide) | Cowardie \Cow"ard*ie\ (kou"[~e]rd*[y^]), n. [OF. couardie.]
Cowardice. [Obs.]
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Cowardish
(gcide) | Cowardish \Cow"ard*ish\, a.
Cowardly. [Obs.] "A base and a cowardish mind." --Robynson
(More's Utopia).
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Cowardize
(gcide) | Cowardize \Cow"ard*ize\ (-?z), v. t.
To render cowardly. [Obs.]
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God . . . cowardizeth . . . insolent spirits. --Bp.
Hall.
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Cowardliness
(gcide) | Cowardliness \Cow"ard*li*ness\ (-l?-n?s), n.
Cowardice.
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Cowardly
(gcide) | Cowardly \Cow"ard*ly\, a.
1. Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful;
pusillanimous; spiritless.
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The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle.
--Shak.
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2. Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences;
befitting a coward; dastardly; base; as, cowardly
malignity. --Macaulay.
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The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look
danger in the face. --Burke.
Syn: Timid; fearful; timorous; dastardly; pusillanimous;
recreant; craven; faint-hearted; chicken-hearted;
white-livered.
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In the manner of a coward. --Spenser.
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Cowardship
(gcide) | Cowardship \Cow"ard*ship\, n.
Cowardice. [Obs.] --Shak.
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coward
(wn) | coward
n 1: a person who shows fear or timidity
2: English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty
and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973) [syn: Coward, {Noel
Coward}, Sir Noel Pierce Coward] |
cowardice
(wn) | cowardice
n 1: the trait of lacking courage [syn: cowardice,
cowardliness] [ant: braveness, bravery, courage,
courageousness] |
cowardliness
(wn) | cowardliness
n 1: the trait of lacking courage [syn: cowardice,
cowardliness] [ant: braveness, bravery, courage,
courageousness] |
cowardly
(wn) | cowardly
adj 1: lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted;
"cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley
[syn: cowardly, fearful] [ant: brave, courageous] |
noel coward
(wn) | Noel Coward
n 1: English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his
witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973) [syn:
Coward, Noel Coward, Sir Noel Pierce Coward] |
sir noel pierce coward
(wn) | Sir Noel Pierce Coward
n 1: English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his
witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973) [syn:
Coward, Noel Coward, Sir Noel Pierce Coward] |
coward
(devil) | COWARD, n. One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
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COWARDICE
(bouvier) | COWARDICE. Pusillanimity; fear.
2. By the act for the better government of the navy of the United
States, passed April 21, 1800, 1 Story, L. U. S. 761; it is enacted, art. 5,
"every officer or private who shall not properly observe the orders of his
commanding officer, or shall not use his utmost exertions to carry them into
execution, when ordered to prepare for, join in, or when actually engaged in
battle; or shall, at such time, basely desert his duty or station, either
then, or while in sight of an enemy, or shall induce others to do so, every
person so offending, shall, on conviction thereof by a general court martial,
suffer death, or such other punishment as the said court shall adjudge.
3.-Art. 6. "Every officer or private who shall, through cowardice,
negligence, or disaffection, in the time of action, withdraw from, or keep
out of battle, or shall not do his utmost to take or destroy every vessel
which it is his duty to encounter, or shall not do his utmost endeavor to
afford relief to ships belonging to the United States, every such offender
shall, on conviction thereof by a general court martial, suffer death, or
such other punishment as the said court shall adjudge."
4. By the act for establishing rules and articles for the government of
the armies of the United States, passed April 10, 1806, it is enacted, art.
52, "any officer or soldier, who shall misbehave himself before the enemy,
run away, or shamefully abandon any fort, post, or guard, which he or they
may be commanded to defend, or speak, words inducing others to do the like,
or shall cast away his arms and ammunition, or who shall quit his post or
colors to plunder and pillage, every such offender, being duly convicted
thereof, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be ordered by
the sentence of a general court martial."
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