Definition of coward
:one who shows disgraceful fear or timidity
- a coward who deserted his troops
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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 cowards
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Only a coward would conclude that none of them are better than the one that’s become naturalized as inevitable.
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Cowards daubed swastikas on her car and in the lift in her apartment block.
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MEANWHILE, IN THE TWITTERVERSE ... Looks like the coward got a D+ rating ... no wonder foreign special interest groups love him.
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MEANWHILE, IN THE TWITTERVERSE ... Looks like the coward got a D+ rating ... no wonder foreign special interest groups love him.
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Beaten, tortured, cut, and burned, if the adolescents even flinch or let out a peep, they are labeled a coward and forbidden from mating, earning a good wage, or rising in society.
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Varga, the coward, hangs back in the elevator while the army checks out the storage hallway.
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Spanos is a coward caught in a temperamental tough guy's body.
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Incumbent President John Adams labeled challenger Thomas Jefferson a weakling and a coward.
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Origin and Etymology of coward
Middle English, from Anglo-French cuard, from cue, coe tail, from Latin cauda
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