English > cowardly: 1 sense > adjective 1| Meaning | lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted. |
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| Example | "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley |
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| Synonym | fearful |
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| Attribute of | cowardice, cowardliness | The trait of lacking courage |
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| Narrower | caitiff | despicably mean / mean and cowardly |
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| chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied | easily frightened |
| craven, recreant | lacking even the rudiments of courage |
| dastard, dastardly | despicably cowardly |
| faint, fainthearted, timid, faint-hearted | lacking conviction or boldness or courage |
| funky | In a state of cowardly fright |
| poltroon | Characterized by complete cowardliness |
| pusillanimous, poor-spirited, unmanly | lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution |
| See also | afraid | Filled with fear or apprehension |
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| ignoble | Completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose |
| timid | showing fear and lack of confidence |
| Opposite | brave, courageous | possessing or displaying courage |
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| Spanish | cobarde, pusilánime, vil |
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| Catalan | covard, poruc |
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| Nouns | coward | a person who shows fear or timidity |
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| cowardliness | the trait of lacking courage |
