Synonyms for Cowardly

Synonyms for "cowardly" (151 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Adverb(1 words)

abulic afraid anemic asthenic base bashful bloodless caitiff chicken chickenhearted coward cowed craven dastardly daunted debilitated diffident dismayed drooping droopy

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dull effete etiolated

Adjective(4 words)

boneless craven cravenly defeatist

Noun(3 words)

cowering cravens dastard

Strong matches (45)

faint faint-hearted fainthearted faintish fearful fearing fearsome feeble feebleminded flabby flaccid floppy frail frightened funking funky gone goosy gutless henhearted

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imbecile impotentin fearinfirm intimidated invertebrate jumpy languid languorouslily liveredlily-livered limber limp listless lustless marrowless milk-livered milksoppish milksoppy mousy namby-pamby nerveless

Adjective(2 words)

fearful fearfully

Adjective(1 words)

milky

Related words (75)

nervous overtimid overtimorous panic-prone panicky pigeonhearted pithless pliable poltroon poltroonish pooped powerless pusillanimous rabbity recreant rubbery sapless scared scary shaky

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Noun(3 words)

pansy quailing sissier

Adjective(12 words)

pusillanimous pussier pussiest sissiestspineless creaturetimid timidly unassertive unmanful wimpiest wimpy yellowest

Adverb(1 words)

unmanfully

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

7 entries

adverbadverb of mannercharacter traitevaluation termmoral attributemoral judgementnegative trait

More specific

4 entries

defeatist pusillanimous risk-averse spineless

Collocations

8 entries

act cowardlybehave cowardlycowardly actcowardly behaviorcowardly refusalcowardly responsecowardly stanceretreat cowardly

Inflections

2 entries

more cowardlymost cowardly

Derivations

1 entries

cowardliness

Antonyms

1 entries

brave

similar

22 entries

afraid caitiff chicken chickenhearted craven dastard dastardly faint faint-hearted fainthearted funky ignoble lily-livered poltroon poor-spirited pusillanimous

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Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

There is a strong feeling in favour of cowardly and prudential proverbs.

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Cowardly, he slinked over to the window and peered suspiciously out into the empty street.

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Tom is shy and cowardly.

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Grr! Avoid not, unwelcome evil and cowardly beast!

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Cowardly