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cowardly
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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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Cowardly
(gcide) | Cowardly \Cow"ard*ly\, adv.
In the manner of a coward. --Spenser.
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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] |
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