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noun

Coward n. A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon. "A fool is nauseous, but a coward worse."

Synonyms: Craven; poltroon; dastard.

verb

Coward v. t. To make timorous; to frighten. (Obs.) "That which cowardeth a man's heart."

adjective

Coward adj.

(Her.) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; said of a lion.

Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly. "Fie, coward woman, and soft-hearted wretch."

Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity. "He raised the house with loud and coward cries." "Invading fears repel my coward joy."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Coward" Quotes from Famous Books

... to do," mourned the young man. "I'm all in a whirl. I'm no coward, Captain Wass. I'm willing to face the music. But ...

— Blow The Man Down - A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 • Holman Day

... said. "And I'd like to!" He flung her from him on the soft sand. "Go away," he said. "Leave me and my camp for good and all!" His words were broken, mere breathless ejaculations. His eyes made a coward of the reckless woman, but ...

— There was a King in Egypt • Norma Lorimer

... would bring such a charge," said the page; "he should see, ere his life was a minute older, whether he had cause to term me coward or no." ...

— The Abbot • Sir Walter Scott

... one of your country walks you have come upon a man with his back against a hedge, tormented by a fiend in the likeness of a dog. You yourself, of course, are not a coward. You possess that cornerstone of virtue, a love for animals. If at your heels a dog sniffs and growls, you humor his mistake, you flick him off and proceed with unbroken serenity. It is scarcely ...

— There's Pippins And Cheese To Come • Charles S. Brooks

... is true Frederic finished better than he began, but truthfulness and honesty were not conspicuous virtues of his. He lied, broke faith, and plundered wherever and whenever it suited his purpose, and some of his other vices were unspeakable. There is no doubt he was both a quack and a coward when he broke the Pragmatic Sanction and began to steal the territory of Maria Theresa. The powers of England, France, Spain, Russia, Poland, Prussia, Sweden, Denmark, the Germanic body, all had agreed by treaty to keep it. Had he been an honourable man and possessed of the qualities Carlyle credits ...

— The Tragedy of St. Helena • Walter Runciman

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