cowardly
adjective
[ ˈkaʊədli ]
• lacking courage.
• "he was a weak, cowardly man"
Similar:
faint-hearted,
lily-livered,
chicken-hearted,
pigeon-hearted,
spiritless,
spineless,
craven,
timid,
timorous,
fearful,
trembling,
quaking,
shrinking,
cowering,
afraid of one's own shadow,
pusillanimous,
weak,
feeble,
soft,
yellow,
chicken,
weak-kneed,
gutless,
yellow-bellied,
wimpish,
wimpy,
sissy,
sissified,
wet,
candy-assed,
poltroon,
recreant,
poor-spirited,
chickenshit,
cowardly
adverb
• in a way which shows a lack of courage.
