cowardly (a)
fearful#4 (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def lacking courage
def ignobly timid and faint-hearted
examples cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then P.B.Shelley
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Also see afraid(p); ignoble; timid
Attribute cowardice, cowardliness
Derivationally related form fearful → fearfulness
Derivationally related form cowardly → coward
Derivationally related form cowardly → cowardliness
Antonym cowardly → brave
Similar to caitiff; chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied; craven, recreant; dastard(a), dastardly; faint, fainthearted, timid, faint-hearted; funky; poltroon; pusillanimous, poor-spirited, unmanly
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Also see afraid(p); timid; ignoble
Antonym brave → cowardly
Similar to caitiff; chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied; craven, recreant; dastard(a), dastardly; faint, fainthearted, timid, faint-hearted; funky; poltroon; pusillanimous, poor-spirited, unmanly
Derivationally related form cowardliness → cowardly
Attribute cowardice, cowardliness
Derivationally related form fearfulness → fearful
Derivationally related form coward → cowardly

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