Cowardly (Adjective)
Meaning
Lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The cowardly thief stole the wallet and ran away without even apologizing to the victim.
- The general's decision to retreat from the battlefield was seen as cowardly by many of his soldiers.
- It was cowardly of him to refuse to help his neighbor who was being bullied by a group of thugs.
- The politician's cowardly behavior during the scandal was widely criticized by the media and the public.
- The cowardly act of abandoning a child in the middle of the desert was considered one of the most heinous crimes of the century.