cowardly
adjective
lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
cowardliness
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a word derived from
cowardly.
Example Sentences
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Some of these institutions appeared to pay a price for their cowardliness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Instead, he corralled members of his staff for a photograph that, in its nightmarish awkwardness, revealed all the ineptitude, cowardliness and pettiness for which the whole charade was a grotesque cover.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2020
He might have continued helping him out, but his cowardliness incites Walt’s manliness.
From Salon ● May 29, 2017
And Father Gabriel apparently undergoes his own personal crisis of cowardliness that is all tied up in his personal faith.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2014
No one was going to kill me just for saying that I wanted to sing, but I made it seem that way with my cowardliness.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
