'Cowardice' definitions:
Definition of 'cowardice'
(from WordNet)
noun
The trait of lacking courage [syn: cowardice, cowardliness] [ant: braveness, bravery, courage, courageousness]
Definition of 'Cowardice'
From: GCIDE
- Cowardice \Cow"ard*ice\ (-[i^]s), n. [F. couardise, fr. couard. See Coward.] Want of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit. [1913 Webster]
- The cowardice of doing wrong. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Moderation was despised as cowardice. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cowardice'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abject fear,
- abulia,
- adynamia,
- affright,
- alarm,
- anemia,
- atony,
- awe,
- blah feeling,
- bloodlessness,
- blue funk,
- cachexia,
- cachexy,
- consternation,
- cowardliness,
- debilitation,
- debility,
- dismay,
- dread,
- dullness,
- etiolation,
- faintheartedness,
- faintness,
- fatigue,
- fear,
- feeblemindedness,
- feebleness,
- flabbiness,
- flaccidity,
- frailty,
- fright,
- funk,
- horrification,
- horror,
- impotence,
- infirmity,
- languishment,
- languor,
- lassitude,
- listlessness,
- panic,
- panic fear,
- phobia,
- pliability,
- prostration,
- pusillanimity,
- scare,
- sluggishness,
- softness,
- spinelessness,
- stampede,
- strengthlessness,
- terror,
- timidity,
- timorousness,
- unholy dread,
- weak will,
- weak-mindedness,
- weakliness,
- weakness,
- weariness