Thesaurus: cowardly

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1. a. Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.
2. a. Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences; befitting a coward; dastardly; base; as, cowardly malignity.
3. adv. In the manner of a coward.
4. adj. lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
5. 1. Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless. The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle. Shak. 2. Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences; befitting a coward; dastardly; base; as, cowardly malignity. Macualay. The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look danger in the face. Burke. Syn. -- Timid; fearful; timorous; dastardly; pusillanimous; recreant; craven; faint-hearted; chicken-hearted; white-livered. In the manner of a coward. Spenser.
6. In the manner of a coward. Spenser.
7. j:100 a. lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted