coward
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Synonyms & Antonyms for coward
Synonyms: Noun
chicken, craven, cur, dastard, funk, poltroon, recreant, sissy
Antonyms: Noun
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a proven coward who had deserted his troops the soldiers who ran as soon as the first shots were fired were branded as cowardsRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
Cast Laverne Cox in the next Marvel movie, you cowards. — Gabe Bergado, Teen Vogue, "The Met Gala 2019 Memes That Had Us Cackling Over Camp," 7 May 2019 The same goes for every coward masquerading as a political leader in this country who takes money and marching orders from the NRA. — Jack Holmes, Esquire, "What's the Right Way to Respond to a School Shooting?," 15 Feb. 2018 Like the schoolyard bully, our criminal justice system harasses people on small pretexts but is exposed as a coward before murder. — German Lopez, Vox, "Protesters plan to block a busy road to draw attention to the high rates of violence in parts of the city.," 2 Aug. 2018 At the time, any American politician seen as too friendly to London was regarded as a supine coward. — Robert Mitchell, Washington Post, "The fake letter historians believe tipped a presidential election," 21 June 2018 Until this point, soldiers bearing psychic wounds tended to be dismissed by the military as cowards and malingerers. — New York Times, "The Wounds of the Drone Warrior," 13 June 2018 Bill Cosby is a low-life, depraved liar and coward. — Stacey Leasca, Glamour, "Cosby Survivor Lili Bernard: ‘I’m Not Afraid Anymore’," 28 Apr. 2018 Williams called out the author for failing to cite any instance of unethical behavior and for being cowards. — Mike Hendricks, kansascity, "Dirty politics? Legislator says flier falsely links her to Mike Sanders' corruption | The Kansas City Star," 23 May 2018 Gilbert wrote a nasty letter, calling James a narcissist and a coward. — SFChronicle.com, "If LeBron James goes to Lakers, he’ll battle Warriors for West — and California," 30 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'coward.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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