as in coward
a person without strength of character
a jellyfish who was afraid to tell her boss that her latest brainstorm was just plain bad
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Recent Examples of jellyfish
The researchers also observed animals ranging from bone-eating worms to squat lobsters, from spoon worms to jellyfish—and the scientists suspect that some of these creatures may represent undescribed species.
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Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
10 June 2026
The whale carcasses are home to a large community of jellyfish, brittle stars, bone-boring worms, and bivalves.
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Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
10 June 2026
Top 5 Can’t Miss Spot sea turtles, jellyfish, and bottlenose dolphins beneath the Navarre Beach fishing pier.
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Daria Bachmann,
Travel + Leisure,
8 June 2026
Pets and children are especially curious and should be redirected or kept away from the jellyfish.
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Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
3 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for jellyfish
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
10 June 2026
The whale carcasses are home to a large community of jellyfish, brittle stars, bone-boring worms, and bivalves.
—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
10 June 2026
Top 5 Can’t Miss Spot sea turtles, jellyfish, and bottlenose dolphins beneath the Navarre Beach fishing pier.
—
Daria Bachmann,
Travel + Leisure,
8 June 2026
Pets and children are especially curious and should be redirected or kept away from the jellyfish.
—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
3 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for jellyfish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jellyfish
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Fishback showed up at a Donalds campaign event in Lake City on Saturday with a bunch of supporters, shouting through a bullhorn that Donalds was a coward for not debating him and telling him to go back to New York, a reference to Donalds’ childhood in Brooklyn.
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Tyland may have gotten Triarchy pirate Admiral Sharako Lohar on Team Green’s side, but at his core this man is a coward.
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Disembarking in Berry’s Creek Canal required skulking through some swamp and reeds, commando style.
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With candles, reed diffusers, and even elevated dryer sheets.
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There are also quiet-click primary buttons and the mouse is powered by a rechargeable 500mAh battery capable of delivering up to 200 days of use on a single charge, depending on usage patterns.
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Elephants get two hours per day, while mouse lemurs spend more than 15 hours in shut-eye.
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Other animals that have been infested include sheep, goats and a dog.
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The 30 x 5-minute episode show sees Bitzer the sheep dog tasked with getting Timmy and his two best friends, Yabba and Apricot, to Mossy Bottom School safe and on time each morning against the odds, with the group regularly side-tracked on route.
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“Jellyfish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jellyfish. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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