cowardliness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cowardliness
Noun
  • Because of Denise Gough's human frailty as a woman destroyed by her own ambition and Kyle Soller's cowardice in the face of a horrible truth.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 July 2025
  • Reid rewarded that display of cowardice by deploying the nuclear option a few months later.
    Erick Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • Reid’s statement was striking for its sheer pusillanimity.
    Adam S. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2015
  • What a profile in pusillanimity.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 23 May 2022
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“Cowardliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowardliness. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.

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