coward
noun
[ ˈkaʊəd ]
• a person who is contemptibly lacking in the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things.
• "they had run away—the cowards!"
Similar:
weakling,
namby-pamby,
mouse,
chicken,
scaredy-cat,
fraidy-cat,
yellow-belly,
sissy,
big baby,
milksop,
big girl's blouse,
candy-ass,
pussy,
dingo,
sook,
funk,
poltroon,
craven,
recreant,
caitiff,
coward
adjective
• excessively afraid of danger or pain.
• (of an animal) depicted with the tail between the hind legs.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French couard, based on Latin cauda ‘tail’, possibly with reference to a frightened animal with its tail between its legs, reflected in coward (sense 2 of the adjective) (early 16th century).
