coward-likeadj.adv.
Like, or after the manner of, a coward; cowardly.
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the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective]
arghc885
heartlessOE
bloodlessc1225
coward1297
faintc1300
nesha1382
comfortless1387
pusillanimousa1425
faint-heartedc1440
unheartyc1440
cowardous1480
hen-hearteda1529
cowardish1530
feigningc1540
white-livered1546
cowardly1551
faceless1567
pusillanime1570
liver-hearted1571
cowish1579
cowardise1582
coward-like1587
faint-heart1590
courageless1593
sheep-like1596
white-hearted1598
milky1602
milk-livered1608
undaring1611
lily-livereda1616
yarrow1616
flightful1626
chicken-hearted1629
poltroon1649
cow-hearted1660
whey-blooded1675
unbravea1681
nimble-heeled1719
dunghill1775
shrimp-hearted1796
chicken-livered1804
white-feathered1816
pluckless1821
chicken-spirited1822
milk-blooded1822
cowardy1836
yellow1856
yellow-livered1857
putty-hearted1872
uncourageous1878
chicken1883
piker1901
yellow-bellied1907
manso1932
scaredy-cat1933
chickenshit1940
cold-footed1944
the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adverb]
arghlyc1000
faintly1297
cowardlyc1380
coward-like1587
pusillanimously1602
hen-heartedly1799
turpidly1866
lily-liveredly1929
1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 20 With naked sworde he preast to do the deed, And came behinde, full cowardlyke to speede.
1640 Epitaph in Herald & Geneal. (1865) III. 378 Ling'ring, slow, and coward-like delay.
1805 R. Southey Madoc i. iv. 37 Those..who..coward-like, returned to meet Mockery and shame.
1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. vi. 204 To..shun the conflict, coward-like.
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