Coward

  • 21coward — n. an abject, dastardly, dirty coward * * * [ kaʊəd] dastardly dirty coward an abject …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 22coward — [[t]ka͟ʊə(r)d[/t]] cowards N COUNT (disapproval) If you call someone a coward, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid dangerous or difficult situations. She accused her husband of being a coward …

    English dictionary

  • 23coward — UK [ˈkaʊə(r)d] / US [ˈkaʊərd] noun [countable] Word forms coward : singular coward plural cowards someone who is not brave enough to fight or do something difficult or dangerous that they should do …

    English dictionary

  • 24coward — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French cuard, from cue, coe tail, from Latin cauda Date: 13th century one who shows disgraceful fear or timidity • coward adjective …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 25coward — /kow euhrd/, n. 1. a person who lacks courage in facing danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc.; a timid or easily intimidated person. adj. 2. lacking courage; very fearful or timid. 3. proceeding from or expressive of fear or timidity: a… …

    Universalium

  • 26coward — noun /ˈkaʊəd/ A person who lacks courage. He tortured himself to find out how he could make his declaration to her, and always halting between the fear of displeasing her and the shame of being such a coward, he wept with discouragement and… …

    Wiktionary

  • 27coward — cow|ard [ˈkauəd US ərd] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: coart, from coe tail ; probably from the idea of an animal with its tail between its legs] someone who is not at all brave ▪ Try it. Don t be such a coward. >cowardly adj ▪ a… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28coward — [13] Etymologically, a coward seems to be ‘someone who runs away with his tail between his legs’. It comes from Old French cuard, which was based on *cōda, the Vulgar Latin descendant of Latin cauda ‘tail’. (The apparently similar cower [13] is… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 29coward — noun (C) someone who is not at all brave: He called me a coward because I would not fight …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30coward — cow•ard [[t]ˈkaʊ ərd[/t]] n. 1) a person who shows shameful lack of courage or fortitude 2) of or pertaining to a coward • Etymology: 1175–1225; ME < OF couard , couart cowardly, der. of coue tail < L cauda …

    From formal English to slang