Synonyms for cowardice

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kou-er-dis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkaʊ ər dɪs

Définition of cowardice

Origin : c.1300, from Old French coardise (13c.), from coard, coart (see coward) + noun suffix -ise.
Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination. [Ernest Hemingway, "Men at War," 1942]

noun timidity

Example sentences :

Perhaps the quiet of his boy had not been altogether the quiet of cowardice.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

He fell on the floor, and in weakness mixed with cowardice lay where he fell.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

She stood against the door, and accused them of cowardice—taunted them.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

What is to be said about the folly and cowardice of the suicide's act?
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

He was buried at Dublin, with an epitaph recording his cowardice.
Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge

But by this cowardice all he gained was the King's contempt.
Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge

These few words had sufficed to shame me heartily of my cowardice.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

Bewulf dies, and Wiglaf bitterly reproaches his companions for their cowardice.
Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown

Cowardice is catching and will run through an army like the putrid fever.'
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Where, truly, in man, is the line that separates courage from cowardice?
Extract from : « The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ » by Nicolas Notovitch

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