coward
noun
a person who lacks courage in facing danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc.; a timid or easily intimidated person.
cowards
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pluralof coward.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"These cowards can do absolutely nothing to us."
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Instead, like cowards, they cast around for weaker parties to victimize.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
The Brazil forward, who has been the victim of numerous incidents of racist abuse during his playing career, said "racists are, above all, cowards" in a post on Instagram.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
Guadagnino’s driving interest is attacking academia as a rat’s nest of egomaniacs and cowards and insular, faux-radical thinking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
But I also felt that the galaxy was playing with loaded dice, which ensured an excess of cowards in our ranks.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
