- cowardliness
- noun see cowardly II
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
cowardliness
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Cowardliness — Cow ard*li*ness ( l? n?s), n. Cowardice. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cowardliness — index fear Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
cowardliness — 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 … English terms dictionary
cowardliness — See cowardly. * * * … Universalium
cowardliness — noun The characteristic of being cowardly … Wiktionary
cowardliness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Ignoble lack of courage: chickenheartedness, cowardice, cravenness, dastardliness, faintheartedness, funk, pusillanimity, unmanliness. Slang: gutlessness, yellowness, yellow streak. See FEAR … English dictionary for students
cowardliness — cow·ard·li·ness || kaÊŠÉ™dlɪnɪs n. fearfulness, timidity, faint heartedness … English contemporary dictionary
cowardliness — n. See cowardice … New dictionary of synonyms
cowardliness — cow·ard·li·ness … English syllables
cowardliness — noun the trait of lacking courage • Syn: ↑cowardice • Ant: ↑courage (for: ↑cowardice) • Derivationally related forms: ↑cowardly • … Useful english dictionary
