Dastardliness

Dastardliness
Dastardliness Das"tard*li*ness, n. The quality of being dastardly; cowardice; base fear. [1913 Webster]

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  • dastardliness — noun see dastardly …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • dastardliness — See dastardly. * * * …   Universalium

  • dastardliness — noun The state or quality of being dastardly …   Wiktionary

  • dastardliness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Ignoble lack of courage: chickenheartedness, cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness, faintheartedness, funk, pusillanimity, unmanliness. Slang: gutlessness, yellowness, yellow streak. See FEAR …   English dictionary for students

  • dastardliness — das·tard·li·ness || dæstÉ™rdlɪnɪs / tÉ™d n. meanness; cowardliness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • dastardliness — das·tard·li·ness …   English syllables

  • dastardliness — noun despicable cowardice • Derivationally related forms: ↑dastardly • Hypernyms: ↑cowardice, ↑cowardliness …   Useful english dictionary

  • dastardly — dastardliness, n. /das teuhrd lee/, adj. cowardly; meanly base; sneaking: a dastardly act. [1560 70; DASTARD + LY] * * * …   Universalium

  • cowardice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Shrinking from pain or danger Nouns 1. cowardice, cowardliness, pusillanimity, poltroonery, baseness; dastardliness; abject fear, funk; Dutch courage; fear, white feather, faint heart, timidity. Informal …   English dictionary for students

  • Dastardness — Das tard*ness, n. Dastardliness. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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