cowhearted
ADJECTIVE
cowardly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
afraid
anxious
apprehensive
backward
base
chicken-hearted
cowering
craven
diffident
dismayed
fainthearted
frightened
gutless
having the willies
jittery
lacking courage
lily-livered
nervous
no guts
panicky
pigeonhearted
pusillanimous
recreant
retiring
running scared
scared
shrinking
shy
soft
spineless
timid
timorous
weak
weak-kneed
worthless
yellow
yellow-bellied
Antonyms
Example Sentences
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Or Isocrates, that was so cowhearted that he dared never attempt it?
From The Praise of Folly by Wilson, John