1. Lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
   "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"
   - fearful

See also: afraid, caitiff [archaic], chicken, chickenhearted, chicken-livered, coward, cowardice, cowardliness, craven, dastard, dastardly, faint, fainthearted, faint-hearted, 'fraid [non-standard], funky, ignoble, lily-livered, poltroon, poor-spirited, pusillanimous, recreant [archaic], timid, unmanly, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied

Antonym: brave

Encyclopedia: Cowardly

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