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dastardly

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of dastardly

having or showing a shameful lack of courage

his dastardly conduct in a critical moment haunted him for the rest of his life

Synonyms of dastardly

chicken, chicken-livered, chickenhearted, cowardly, craven, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered [archaic], poltroon, pusillanimous, recreant, spineless, unheroic, yellow

Words Related to dastardly

diffident, fainthearted, fearful, timid, timorous

afraid, frightened, scared

careful, cautious, wary

bashful, coy, shy

feeble, soft, unmanly, weak

Near Antonyms of dastardly

audacious, bold, brazen, cheeky, nervy

plucky, spirited, spunky

determined, resolute

Antonyms of dastardly

brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, gutsy, hardy, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, valiant, valorous

Synonym Discussion of dastardly

cowardly, pusillanimous, craven, dastardly mean having or showing a lack of courage. cowardly implies a weak or ignoble lack of courage.

- a cowardly failure to stand up for principle

pusillanimous suggests a contemptible lack of courage.

- the pusillanimous fear of a future full of possibility

craven suggests extreme defeatism and complete lack of resistance.

- secretly despised her own craven yes-men

dastardly often implies behavior that is both cowardly and treacherous or skulking or outrageous.

- a dastardly attack on unarmed civilians

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