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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

abulic, afraid, anemic, asthenic, bashful, bloodless, caitiff, chicken, chickenhearted, coward, cowed, craven, dastardly, daunted, debilitated, diffident, dismayed, drooping, droopy, dull, effete, etiolated, faint, fainthearted, faintish, fearful, fearing, fearsome, feeble, feebleminded, flabby, flaccid, floppy, frail, frightened, funking, funky, gone, goosy, gutless, henhearted, imbecile, impotent, in fear, infirm, intimidated, invertebrate, jumpy, languid, languorous, lily-livered, limber, limp, listless, lustless, marrowless, milk-livered, milksoppish, milksoppy, mousy, namby-pamby, nerveless, nervous, overtimid, overtimorous, panic-prone, panicky, pigeonhearted, pithless, pliable, poltroon, poltroonish, pooped, powerless, pusillanimous, rabbity, recreant, rubbery, sapless, scared, scary, shaky, shivery, shrinking, shy, sinewless, sissified, sissy, skittery, skittish, slack, soft, spineless, spunkless, startlish, strengthless, timid, timorous, trembling, tremulous, trepidant, trigger-happy, unhardened, unmanly, unmanned, unnerved, unstrung, vile, weak, weak-kneed, weak-minded, weak-willed, weakhearted, weakly, white-livered, worthless, yellow

Dictionary Results for cowardly:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

cowardly
    adj 1: lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted;
           "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley
           [syn: cowardly, fearful] [ant: brave, courageous]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cowardly \Cow"ard*ly\, a.
   1. Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful;
      pusillanimous; spiritless.
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            The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle.
                                                  --Shak.
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   2. Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences;
      befitting a coward; dastardly; base; as, cowardly
      malignity. --Macaulay.
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            The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look
            danger in the face.                   --Burke.

   Syn: Timid; fearful; timorous; dastardly; pusillanimous;
        recreant; craven; faint-hearted; chicken-hearted;
        white-livered.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cowardly \Cow"ard*ly\, adv.
   In the manner of a coward. --Spenser.
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