There is a strong feeling in favour of cowardly and prudential proverbs.
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Cowardly
Synonyms for "cowardly" (196 found)
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Strong matches (58)
Related words (98)
Adjective(33 words)
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Antonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
Translations
136 translations across 67 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- δειλός adj (showing cowardice)
- ἄσπλαγχνος adj (showing cowardice)
Arabic
2 entries- جبان adj (showing cowardice)
- جَبَان adj (showing cowardice)
Armenian
1 entries- վախկոտ adj (showing cowardice)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qorxaq adj (showing cowardice)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡурҡаҡ adj (showing cowardice)
Basque
1 entries- koldar adj (showing cowardice)
Belarusian
1 entries- баязлі́вы adj (showing cowardice)
Bulgarian
2 entries- мекуша́в adj (showing cowardice)
- страхли́в adj (showing cowardice)
Catalan
2 entries- covard adj (showing cowardice)
- covardament adv (in the manner of a coward)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 懦弱 adj (showing cowardice)
- 懦怯 adj (showing cowardice)
- 膽小 /胆小 adj (showing cowardice)
- 膽怯 /胆怯 adj (showing cowardice)
Czech
1 entries- zbabělý adj (showing cowardice)
Danish
4 entries- fej adj (showing cowardice)
- fej adv (in the manner of a coward)
- krysteragtig adv (in the manner of a coward)
- kujonagtig adv (in the manner of a coward)
Dutch
1 entries- laf adj (showing cowardice)
Esperanto
4 entries- kovarda adj (showing cowardice)
- malkuraĝa adj (showing cowardice)
- poltrona adj (showing cowardice)
- senkuraĝa adj (showing cowardice)
Finnish
4 entries- pelkurimainen adj (showing cowardice)
- raukkamainen adj (showing cowardice)
- pelkurimaisesti adv (in the manner of a coward)
- raukkamaisesti adv (in the manner of a coward)
French
4 entries- bas adj (showing cowardice)
- lâche adj (showing cowardice)
- veule adj (showing cowardice)
- lâchement adv (in the manner of a coward)
Georgian
2 entries- მშიშარა adj (showing cowardice)
- მხდალი adj (showing cowardice)
German
2 entries- feige adj (showing cowardice)
- feige adv (in the manner of a coward)
Greek
1 entries- δειλός adj (showing cowardice)
Gujarati
2 entries- કાયર adj (showing cowardice)
- બીકણ adj (showing cowardice)
Hindi
3 entries- कायर adj (showing cowardice)
- डरपोक adj (showing cowardice)
- कायरतापूर्ण adv (in the manner of a coward)
Hungarian
2 entries- gyáva adj (showing cowardice)
- gyáván adv (in the manner of a coward)
Icelandic
1 entries- huglaus adj (showing cowardice)
Ingrian
1 entries- arka adj (showing cowardice)
Irish
1 entries- meata adj (showing cowardice)
Italian
4 entries- codardo adj (showing cowardice)
- pusillanime adj (showing cowardice)
- vigliacco adj (showing cowardice)
- vile adj (showing cowardice)
Japanese
3 entries- へたれ adj (showing cowardice)
- 臆病な adj (showing cowardice)
- へたれ adv (in the manner of a coward)
Kazakh
1 entries- қорқақ adj (showing cowardice)
Khmer
1 entries- កំសាក adj (showing cowardice)
Korean
1 entries- 겁이 많다 adj (showing cowardice)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- коркок adj (showing cowardice)
- коркунчаак adj (showing cowardice)
Latin
1 entries- īgnāvus adj (showing cowardice)
Macedonian
2 entries- кукавички adj (showing cowardice)
- плашлив adj (showing cowardice)
Manx
1 entries- faitagh adj (showing cowardice)
Middle English
2 entries- coward adj (showing cowardice)
- cowardly adv (in the manner of a coward)
Mongolian
2 entries- аймхай adj (showing cowardice)
- хулчгар adj (showing cowardice)
Māori
2 entries- hauwarea adj (showing cowardice)
- hūngoingoi adj (showing cowardice)
Norman
2 entries- lâche adj (showing cowardice)
- lâchement adv (in the manner of a coward)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- feig adj (showing cowardice)
- feig adv (in the manner of a coward)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- feig adj (showing cowardice)
- feig adv (in the manner of a coward)
Old English
1 entries- earg adj (showing cowardice)
Old Punjabi
1 entries- ਕਾਇਰੁ adj (showing cowardice)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- طبانسز adj (showing cowardice)
- یوركسز adj (showing cowardice)
Pali
3 entries- asūra adj (showing cowardice)
- bhīru adj (showing cowardice)
- bhīruka adj (showing cowardice)
Persian
1 entries- ترسو adj (showing cowardice)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- enjstlich adj (showing cowardice)
Polish
1 entries- tchórzliwy adj (showing cowardice)
Portuguese
4 entries- cobarde adj (showing cowardice)
- covarde adj (showing cowardice)
- cobardemente adv (in the manner of a coward)
- covardemente adv (in the manner of a coward)
Prakrit
1 entries- 𑀓𑀸𑀬𑀭 adj (showing cowardice)
Punjabi
2 entries- کائر adj (showing cowardice)
- ਕਾਇਰ adj (showing cowardice)
Romanian
4 entries- fricos adj (showing cowardice)
- laș adj (showing cowardice)
- mișel adj (showing cowardice)
- laș adv (in the manner of a coward)
Russian
4 entries- малоду́шный adj (showing cowardice)
- трусли́вый adj (showing cowardice)
- малоду́шно adv (in the manner of a coward)
- трусли́во adv (in the manner of a coward)
Sanskrit
3 entries- कातर adj (showing cowardice)
- कापुरुष adj (showing cowardice)
- भीरु adj (showing cowardice)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kȕkavički adj (showing cowardice)
- ку̏кавички adj (showing cowardice)
Slovak
1 entries- zbabelý adj (showing cowardice)
Slovene
1 entries- strahopeten adj (showing cowardice)
Southern Altai
1 entries- коркунчаак adj (showing cowardice)
Spanish
2 entries- cobarde adj (showing cowardice)
- cobardemente adv (in the manner of a coward)
Swedish
1 entries- feg adj (showing cowardice)
Tatar
1 entries- куркак adj (showing cowardice)
Thai
4 entries- ขลาด adj (showing cowardice)
- ขี้ขลาด adj (showing cowardice)
- ปอดแหก adj (showing cowardice)
- ป๊อด adj (showing cowardice)
Turkish
1 entries- korkak adj (showing cowardice)
Ukrainian
3 entries- боягу́зливий adj (showing cowardice)
- боязки́й adj (showing cowardice)
- боязли́вий adj (showing cowardice)
Uyghur
1 entries- قورقۇنچاق adj (showing cowardice)
Uzbek
2 entries- qoʻrqoq adj (showing cowardice)
- yuraksiz adj (showing cowardice)
Volapük
4 entries- dredöfik adj (showing cowardice)
- dredöfaniko adv (in the manner of a coward)
- dredöfiko adv (in the manner of a coward)
- dredöfo adv (in the manner of a coward)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּחדניש adj (showing cowardice)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Cowardly, he slinked over to the window and peered suspiciously out into the empty street.
Source: tatoeba (1126648)
Tom is shy and cowardly.
Source: tatoeba (1527959)
Grr! Avoid not, unwelcome evil and cowardly beast!
Source: tatoeba (2097289)
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