| Pronunciation: | | 'kawurdis
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| | Definition: | | [n] the trait of lacking courage |
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| | Synonyms: | | cowardliness |
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| | Antonyms: | | bravery, courage, courageousness |
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| | See Also: | | cravenness, dastardliness, fearfulness, spirit |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cow"ard*ice\ (-[i^]s), n. [F. couardise, fr. couard.
See {Coward}.]
Want of courage to face danger; extreme timidity;
pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit.
The cowardice of doing wrong. --Milton.
Moderation was despised as cowardice. --Macaulay.
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| | Related Terms: | | abject fear, abulia, adynamia, affright, alarm, anemia, atony, awe, blah feeling, bloodlessness, blue funk, cachexia, cachexy, consternation, cowardliness, debilitation, debility, dismay, dread, dullness, etiolation, faintheartedness, faintness, fatigue, fear, feeblemindedness, feebleness, flabbiness, flaccidity, frailty, fright, funk, horrification, horror, impotence, infirmity, languishment, languor, lassitude, listlessness, panic, panic fear, phobia, pliability, prostration, pusillanimity, scare, sluggishness, softness, spinelessness, stampede, strengthlessness, terror, timidity, timorousness, unholy dread, weak will, weakliness, weak-mindedness, weakness, weariness |
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