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
And the likeliest one is also the simplest: They’re cowards.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026
She branded the culprits "cowards" who had committed an act of "treachery".
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
Decades ago, people who buckled their seat belts were thought to be signaling that they were cowards, afraid of getting in a crash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
"They would rather be live cowards than dead heroes."
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
