Thesaurus / cowardly
other words for cowardly
- dastardly
- afraid
- anxious
- apprehensive
- backward
- base
- caitiff
- chicken-hearted
- cowering
- cowhearted
- craven
- diffident
- dismayed
- fainthearted
- frightened
- gutless
- having the willies
- jittery
- lacking courage
- lily-livered
- nervous
- no guts
- panicky
- paper tiger
- pigeonhearted
- pusillanimous
- recreant
- retiring
- running scared
- scared
- shrinking
- shy
- soft
- spineless
- timid
- timorous
- weak
- weak-kneed
- worthless
- yellow
- yellow-bellied
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I hesitated, but felt that I must not be cowardly if I wished for us to escape; and so I asked him to light a match again.
BROWNSMITH'S BOYGEORGE MANVILLE FENN
We thought it a cowardly thing to do, under the circumstances.
OLD TIMES ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPIGEORGE BYRON MERRICK
The boys burst into a cheer, and Barton, crouching in cowardly panic in the engine room, knew by this sound that all was well.
THE BOY SCOUTS FOR UNCLE SAMJOHN HENRY GOLDFRAP
Duplicity—the refuge of the weak and the cowardly, but of the disarmed, too!
VICTORYJOSEPH CONRAD
"Don't make any more wishes," said the Cowardly Lion sternly.
THE ROYAL BOOK OF OZL. FRANK BAUM
There was no cowardly doubt in her soul; her cool hand lay in his and did not twitch.
THE GOOSE MANJACOB WASSERMANN
To what heaps of cowardly doubts is not that man's life an answer.
HOW TO SUCCEEDORISON SWETT MARDEN
The men who did those things were neither selfish nor cowardly, he told himself.
THE YOUNG CONTINENTALS AT BUNKER HILLJOHN T. MCINTYRE
The Cowardly Lion said nothing, but heaved a mighty sigh which no one heard, for they were all running toward the bean pole.
THE ROYAL BOOK OF OZL. FRANK BAUM
That cowardly whelp then let out a blood curdling yell, and went down, and I realized what a fix I was in.
WANDERLUSTROBERT R. (ROBERT RICE) REYNOLDS
WORDS RELATED TO COWARDLY
- abashed
- aghast
- alarmed
- anxious
- apprehensive
- aroused
- blanched
- cowardly
- cowed
- daunted
- discouraged
- disheartened
- dismayed
- distressed
- disturbed
- faint-hearted
- frightened
- frozen
- have cold feet
- horrified
- in awe
- intimidated
- nervous
- panic-stricken
- perplexed
- perturbed
- petrified
- rattled
- run scared
- scared
- scared stiff
- scared to death
- shocked
- spooked
- startled
- stunned
- suspicious
- terrified
- terror-stricken
- timid
- timorous
- trembling
- upset
- worried
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