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cowardly
Overview of adj cowardly
The adj cowardly has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) cowardly, fearful -- (lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley)
Antonyms of adj cowardly
1 sense of cowardly
Sense 1
cowardly (vs. brave), fearful
brave (vs. cowardly), courageous
=> desperate, heroic
=> gallant
=> game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky
=> lionhearted
=> stalwart, stouthearted
=> undaunted
=> valiant, valorous
Similarity of adj cowardly
1 sense of cowardly
Sense 1
cowardly (vs. brave), fearful
=> caitiff
=> chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied
=> craven, recreant
=> dastard(prenominal), dastardly
=> faint, fainthearted, timid, faint-hearted
=> funky
=> poltroon
=> pusillanimous, poor-spirited, unmanly
Also See> afraid#1; ignoble#1; timid#1
Pertainyms of adj cowardly
Attributes of adj cowardly
1 sense of cowardly
Sense 1
cowardly (vs. brave), fearful
=> cowardice, cowardliness
Domain of adj cowardly
Domain Terms of adj cowardly
Familiarity of adj cowardly
cowardly used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj cowardly
cowardly
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