cowardly
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Sense: Lacking courage
Synonyms:
timid, timorous, frightened Collocations, shrinking Collocations, afraid Collocations, fearful Collocations, shy Collocations, diffident, backward Collocations, retiring, cowering, apprehensive Collocations, nervous Collocations, anxious Collocations, full of dread, dismayed, fainthearted, panicky, scared Collocations, jittery, chicken Collocations, chicken-hearted, chicken-livered, lily-livered, rabbit-hearted, yellow Collocations, yellow-bellied, afraid of one's own shadow, spineless, cringing
Antonyms:
Sense: Suggestive of a coward
Synonyms:
pusillanimous, poltroonish, craven, dastardly, recreant, poor-spirited, mean-spirited, weak Collocations, bullying Collocations, base Collocations, soft Collocations, unmanly, irresolute, spineless, gutless, wimpy, wimpish, mean Collocations, wussy
Antonyms:
brave Collocations, fearless Collocations, courageous Collocations, bold Collocations, intrepid, determined Collocations, resolute
Sense: In the manner of a coward
Synonyms:
skulking, sneaking, cringing, cowering, trembling, shaken, crouching, wincing, quailing, shaky Collocations, running Collocations, quaking, shaking like a leaf, pale with fear, in a funk, showing the white feather, shaking in one's boots
Antonyms:
brave Collocations, fearless Collocations, courageous Collocations, bold Collocations, brazen Collocations, steady Collocations, composed Collocations