He always shows cowardice.
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Cowardice
//ˈkaʊədɪs//
Synonyms for "cowardice" (73 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (36)
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Translations
131 translations across 72 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- δειλίᾱ noun (the lack of courage)
- ἀνανδρίᾱ noun (the lack of courage)
Arabic
2 entries- جبانة noun (the lack of courage)
- جَبَانَة noun (the lack of courage)
Armenian
2 entries- երկչոտություն noun (the lack of courage)
- վախկոտություն noun (the lack of courage)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qorxaqlıq noun (the lack of courage)
Belarusian
4 entries- баязлі́васць noun (the lack of courage)
- маладу́шнасць noun (the lack of courage)
- палахлі́васць noun (the lack of courage)
- тру́сасць noun (the lack of courage)
Bulgarian
2 entries- малоду́шие noun (the lack of courage)
- страхли́вост noun (the lack of courage)
Catalan
1 entries- covardia noun (the lack of courage)
Cebuano
1 entries- katalawan noun (the lack of courage)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 怯懦 noun (the lack of courage)
- 膽怯 /胆怯 noun (the lack of courage)
Czech
1 entries- zbabělost noun (the lack of courage)
Danish
1 entries- fejhed noun (the lack of courage)
Dutch
1 entries- lafheid noun (the lack of courage)
Esperanto
1 entries- malkuraĝeco noun (the lack of courage)
Estonian
1 entries- argus noun (the lack of courage)
Finnish
1 entries- pelkuruus noun (the lack of courage)
French
2 entries- couardise noun (the lack of courage)
- lâcheté noun (the lack of courage)
Galician
1 entries- covardía noun (the lack of courage)
Georgian
1 entries- სიმხდალე noun (the lack of courage)
German
3 entries- Feigheit noun (the lack of courage)
- Kleinmut noun (the lack of courage)
- Ängstlichkeit noun (the lack of courage)
Greek
2 entries- ανανδρία noun (the lack of courage)
- δειλία noun (the lack of courage)
Hebrew
1 entries- פַּחְדָנוּת noun (the lack of courage)
Hindi
2 entries- कायरता noun (the lack of courage)
- बुज़दिली noun (the lack of courage)
Hungarian
1 entries- gyávaság noun (the lack of courage)
Icelandic
4 entries- bleyði noun (the lack of courage)
- gunguskapur noun (the lack of courage)
- heigulsháttur noun (the lack of courage)
- ragmennska noun (the lack of courage)
Ido
2 entries- deskurajo noun (the lack of courage)
- poltroneso noun (the lack of courage)
Ilocano
1 entries- takrot noun (the lack of courage)
Indonesian
1 entries- kepengecutan noun (the lack of courage)
Interlingua
1 entries- coardia noun (the lack of courage)
Italian
4 entries- codardia noun (the lack of courage)
- pusillanimità noun (the lack of courage)
- vigliaccheria noun (the lack of courage)
- viltà noun (the lack of courage)
Ivatan
1 entries- katahaw noun (the lack of courage)
Japanese
2 entries- 卑怯 noun (the lack of courage)
- 憶病 noun (the lack of courage)
Kazakh
2 entries- жүрексіздік noun (the lack of courage)
- қорқақтық noun (the lack of courage)
Korean
1 entries- 비겁 noun (the lack of courage)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- жүрөксүздүк noun (the lack of courage)
- коркоктук noun (the lack of courage)
Ladino
2 entries- kagadero noun (the lack of courage)
- kagatina noun (the lack of courage)
Latin
1 entries- īgnāvia noun (the lack of courage)
Latvian
1 entries- gļēvulība noun (the lack of courage)
Lithuanian
1 entries- bailumas noun (the lack of courage)
Macedonian
2 entries- кукавичлук noun (the lack of courage)
- плашливост noun (the lack of courage)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഭീരുത്വം noun (the lack of courage)
Middle English
3 entries- cowardie noun (the lack of courage)
- cowardise noun (the lack of courage)
- cowardnesse noun (the lack of courage)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- bêcesaretî noun (the lack of courage)
- bêcuretî noun (the lack of courage)
- newêrekî noun (the lack of courage)
- tirsokî noun (the lack of courage)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- feighet noun (the lack of courage)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- feigskap noun (the lack of courage)
Old English
1 entries- ierġþ noun (the lack of courage)
Old Norse
4 entries- argskapr noun (the lack of courage)
- bleyði noun (the lack of courage)
- geitarhugr noun (the lack of courage)
- hugbleyði noun (the lack of courage)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- طبانسزلق noun (the lack of courage)
- یوركسزلك noun (the lack of courage)
Persian
1 entries- بزدلی noun (the lack of courage)
Polish
3 entries- bojaźliwość noun (the lack of courage)
- tchórzliwość noun (the lack of courage)
- tchórzostwo noun (the lack of courage)
Portuguese
1 entries- covardia noun (the lack of courage)
Romanian
2 entries- lașitate noun (the lack of courage)
- poltronerie noun (the lack of courage)
Russian
4 entries- бзде́ние noun (the lack of courage)
- боязли́вость noun (the lack of courage)
- малоду́шие noun (the lack of courage)
- тру́сость noun (the lack of courage)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cladhaireachd noun (the lack of courage)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bojàžljivōst noun (the lack of courage)
- kukavìčluk noun (the lack of courage)
- plàšljivōst noun (the lack of courage)
- stràšljivōst noun (the lack of courage)
Slovak
1 entries- zbabelosť noun (the lack of courage)
Slovene
2 entries- boječnost noun (the lack of courage)
- strahopetnost noun (the lack of courage)
Spanish
1 entries- cobardía noun (the lack of courage)
Swedish
1 entries- feghet noun (the lack of courage)
Tagalog
2 entries- kaduwagan noun (the lack of courage)
- karuwagan noun (the lack of courage)
Tajik
2 entries- буздилӣ noun (the lack of courage)
- тарсончакӣ noun (the lack of courage)
Tarifit
1 entries- tiggʷdi noun (the lack of courage)
Tatar
1 entries- куркаклык noun (the lack of courage)
Telugu
1 entries- పిరికితనము noun (the lack of courage)
Thai
1 entries- ความขี้ขลาด noun (the lack of courage)
Turkish
1 entries- korkaklık noun (the lack of courage)
Turkmen
1 entries- gorkaklyk noun (the lack of courage)
Ukrainian
2 entries- боягу́зтво noun (the lack of courage)
- малоду́шність noun (the lack of courage)
Urdu
2 entries- بُزْدِلی noun (the lack of courage)
- نامردی noun (the lack of courage)
Uyghur
1 entries- قورقۇنچاقلىق noun (the lack of courage)
Uzbek
2 entries- qoʻrqoqlik noun (the lack of courage)
- yuraksizlik noun (the lack of courage)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tính nhút nhát noun (the lack of courage)
Volapük
1 entries- dredöf noun (the lack of courage)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He was accused of cowardice.
Source: tatoeba (294175)
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
Source: tatoeba (667941)
In our lives, we have three or four occasions of showing bravery, but every day, we have the occasion to show a lack of cowardice.
Source: tatoeba (832751)
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