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Cowardliness

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cow·ard·ly  (kourd-l)
adj.
Exhibiting the characteristics of a coward, particularly ignoble fear: a cowardly surrender.
coward·li·ness n.
coward·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cowardliness - the trait of lacking courage
cowardice
spirit - a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character
cravenness - meanspirited cowardice
fearfulness - the trait of being afraid
dastardliness - despicable cowardice


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He kept his love of horsemanship, but he rarely allowed himself a day's hunting; and when he did so, it was remarkable that he submitted to be laughed at for cowardliness at the fences, seeming to see Mary and the boys sitting on the five-barred gate, or showing their curly heads between hedge and ditch.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
The cruel cowardliness of the power-drunk creature whose malignant mind conceived such frightful forms of torture stirred to their uttermost depths my resentment and my manhood.
The Gods of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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