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dastardly
Synonyms and Antonyms of dastardly
having or showing a shameful lack of courage
chicken, chicken-livered, chickenhearted, cowardly, craven, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered [archaic], poltroon, pusillanimous, recreant, spineless, unheroic, yellow
brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, gutsy, hardy, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, valiant, valorous
Synonym Discussion of dastardly
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- a cowardly failure to stand up for principle
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- the pusillanimous fear of a future full of possibility
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- secretly despised her own craven yes-men
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- a dastardly attack on unarmed civilians
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