cowardliness
11cowardliness — noun the trait of lacking courage • Syn: ↑cowardice • Ant: ↑courage (for: ↑cowardice) • Derivationally related forms: ↑cowardly • …
12cowardly — cowardliness, n. /kow euhrd lee/, adj. 1. lacking courage; contemptibly timid. 2. characteristic of or befitting a coward; despicably mean, covert, or unprincipled: a cowardly attack on a weak, defenseless man. adv. 3. like a coward. [1275 1325;… …
13faint-heartedness — cowardliness, timidity …
14cowardice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Shrinking from pain or danger Nouns 1. cowardice, cowardliness, pusillanimity, poltroonery, baseness; dastardliness; abject fear, funk; Dutch courage; fear, white feather, faint heart, timidity. Informal …
15Pusillanimity — Pu sil*la*nim i*ty, n. [L. pusillanimitas: cf. F. pusillanimit[ e].] The quality of being pusillanimous; weakness of spirit; cowardliness. [1913 Webster] The badge of pusillanimity and cowardice. Shak. [1913 Webster] It is obvious to… …
16Cowardice — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Excess of fear. < N PARAG:Cowardice >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 cowardice cowardice pusillanimity Sgm: N 1 cowardliness cowardliness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 timidity timidity effeminacy GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 …
17Dastardy — Das tard*y, n. Base timidity; cowardliness. [1913 Webster] …
18Discourage — Dis*cour age, n. Lack of courage; cowardliness. [1913 Webster] …
19pusillanimity — noun Date: 14th century the quality or state of being pusillanimous ; cowardliness …
20scaramouch — or scaramouche noun Etymology: French Scaramouche, from Italian Scaramuccia, from scaramuccia skirmish Date: 1662 1. capitalized a stock character in the Italian commedia dell arte that burlesques the Spanish don and is characterized by… …