Cowards - English meaning

noun

A contemptible or cowardly person.

Usage examples:

A caitiff knight

noun

A rude word for a person who is not brave

noun

A domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat, especially a young one.

Usage examples:

Rationing was still in force and most people kept chickens

adjective

Cowardly.

Usage examples:

I was too chicken to go to court

verb

Withdraw from or fail in something through lack of nerve.

Usage examples:

The referee chickened out of giving a penalty

adjective

Contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly.

Usage examples:

A craven abdication of his moral duty

noun

A cowardly person.

adjective

Lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful

noun

A wild or half-domesticated dog with a sandy-coloured coat, found in australia.

Usage examples:

Because they prey on calves and sheep, dingoes and wild dogs are viewed as a threat to livestock.

verb

Behave in a cowardly manner.

Usage examples:

He dingoed out because he did not have the nerve

noun

A type of wild dog found in australia

noun

A state of great fear or panic.

Usage examples:

Are you in a blue funk about running out of things to say?

verb

Avoid (something) out of fear.

Usage examples:

I could have seen him this morning but i funked it

verb

Give music elements of funk.

Usage examples:

We're bringing back the old motown sound and funking it up

noun

A person who is indecisive and lacks courage.

Usage examples:

You could have respect for a man who fought for you, but none for this milksop, who backed away

noun

A small rodent that typically has a pointed snout, relatively large ears and eyes, and a long tail.

Usage examples:

Experiments revealed the same cells that have also been discovered in rats, gophers, gerbils, mice,…

verb

(of a cat or owl) hunt for or catch mice.

Usage examples:

Female cats are usually much better at mousing than males

noun

Small rodent having a pointed snout and small ears

adjective

Weak, silly, or emotional

Usage examples:

She thinks we're a bunch of namby-pamby liberals.

noun

An utter coward.

Usage examples:

Come on, you poltroons!

noun

A cat.

Usage examples:

Ginger-topped stan, who bears an uncanny resemblance to his marmalade pussy, had found the answer t…

noun

A cat

adjective

Cowardly.

Usage examples:

What a recreant figure must he make

noun

A coward.

Usage examples:

The recreant acted with outward boldness

noun

Someone, especially a child, who is easily frightened

Usage examples:

Come on, scaredy-cat - it won't bite you!

noun

A soft, timid, or oversensitive person, or a boy or man viewed as being overly interested in things traditionally associated with women.

Usage examples:

He would hate the other boys to think he was a sissy

adjective

A person regarded as effeminate or cowardly.

Usage examples:

He would hate the other boys to think he was a sissy

noun

A boy who seems to be easily frightened and not brave, or who is not interested in things boys usually like

Usage examples:

Dancing was for sissies when i was a kid.

noun

A female crab.

noun

A person lacking spirit or self-confidence.

Usage examples:

He was impatient with bores, sooks and nags; he was full of ideas and energies, and hopeless at sma…

noun

A person or animal that is physically weak and frail.

Usage examples:

We spend money and effort in rearing every weakling