cowardly

Speech parts

1. cowardly - Adjective

2. cowardly - Adverb

Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.

Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences; befitting a coward; dastardly; base; as, cowardly malignity.

In the manner of a coward.

Source: Webster's dictionary

fearful craven timid dastardly timorous recreant pusillanimous white-livered faint-hearted chicken-hearted aspen coy base chicken coward

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brave trojan tiger colter doughty dauntless

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One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts. C. S. Lewis

War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace. Thomas Mann

Cruelty ever proceeds from a vile mind, and often from a cowardly heart. Ludovico Ariosto

A cowardly hyena lives longer. African Proverb

A cowardly hyena lives longer. Tongan Proverb

Cowardly men, healthy bones. Creole Proverb