cowardice
noun
, dialectal -(ˌ)dīs\
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Synonyms & Antonyms for cowardice
Synonyms
cowardliness, cravenness, dastardliness, gutlessness, poltroonery, pusillanimity, spinelessness
Antonyms
bravery, courage, courageousness, daring, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, gallantry, greatheartedness, guts, hardihood, heart, heroism, intrepidity, intrepidness, nerve, stoutness, valiance, valor, virtue
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The performances would stereotype black men and women as ignorant, hypersexual, superstitious, lazy people who were prone to thievery and cowardice. — Jesse J. Holland, The Seattle Times, "Explaining the outrage: Racist history of American blackface began in the 1830s," 6 Feb. 2019 Naturally, many of them concerned the identity of who wrote the op-ed: But while many of the memes focused on guesswork, even more of them focused on calling out what lots of people saw as the deep hypocrisy and cowardice on the part of the writer. — Aja Romano, Vox, "That New York Times op-ed may not have given us hope — but it did give us memes," 6 Sep. 2018 Or is human behavior in these matters—courage or cowardice, selfishness or sacrifice—an unchangeable basic over the centuries, unaffected by politics or ideology? — Lance Morrow, WSJ, "Did Chivalry Go Down With the Titanic?," 14 Dec. 2018 My family will be suffering the consequences of my cowardice for generations to come. — Joe Queenan, WSJ, "How I Let That $558,000 Bottle of Wine Get Away," 19 Oct. 2018 How about amazing lack of accountability and amazing cowardice? — Anthony Man, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Trump-endorsed Ron DeSantis says he'd have vetoed gun law, removed Sheriff Israel," 10 Apr. 2018 His nose was always twitching for a sniff of cowardice or collusion. — Alan Rusbridger, New York Times, "Seymour M. Hersh — the Journalist as Lone Wolf," 13 June 2018 This is no place for cowardice and nerves have no home here. — Dania Haughton, SI.com, "Diana Taurasi and the Path to Longevity and Legacy," 28 May 2018 The killing of @RisingKashmir editor, Shujaat Bukhari is an act of cowardice. — Mukhtar Ahmad And Swati Gupta, CNN, "Prominent journalist gunned down in Kashmir," 14 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cowardice.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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