cowardice
11cowardice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Shrinking from pain or danger Nouns 1. cowardice, cowardliness, pusillanimity, poltroonery, baseness; dastardliness; abject fear, funk; Dutch courage; fear, white feather, faint heart, timidity. Informal …
12cowardice — cow|ard|ice [ˈkauədıs US ər ] n also cow|ard|li|ness [ˈkauədlinıs US ərd ][U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: coardise, from coart; COWARD] lack of courage ≠ ↑bravery ▪ cowardice in the face of danger …
13cowardice — also cow.ard.li.ness noun (U) lack of courage: cowardice in the face of danger …
14cowardice — 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 …
15cowardice — noun Etymology: Middle English cowardise, from Anglo French coardise, from cuard Date: 14th century lack of courage or resolution …
16cowardice — /kow euhr dis/, n. lack of courage to face danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc. [1250 1300; ME cowardise < OF co(u)ardise, equiv. to co(u)art cowardly (see COWARD) + ise ICE] Syn. pusillanimity, timidity. Ant. bravery. * * * …
17cowardice — noun /kaʊʍɜrdɪs/ Lack of courage. Syn: cowardliness See Also: coward, cowardly …
18cowardice — Synonyms and related words: abject fear, abulia, adynamia, affright, alarm, anemia, atony, awe, blah feeling, bloodlessness, blue funk, cachexia, cachexy, consternation, cowardliness, debilitation, debility, dismay, dread, dullness, etiolation,… …
19cowardice — cow|ard|ice [ kauərdıs ] noun uncount behavior that shows you are not brave enough to fight or do something difficult or dangerous that you should do …
20cowardice — cow·ard·ice || kaÊŠÉ™dɪs n. fear, faint heartedness, timidity, lack of courage …
