A reproachful designation for one who displays ignoble fear or want of courage in the face of danger, pain, or difficulty; an ignobly…

A cowardly person. Cf. chicken heart, n. 1, hen-hearted, adj.

The kestrel, Tinnunculus alaudarius. Also applied contemptuously to a person, in allusion to the uselessness of the kestrel for the purposes of…

A coward. Obsolete.

transferred. A timid, faint-hearted person, a coward. Obsolete. Cf. cow-baby, n., cow-hearted, adj., cowish, adj. 2.

a coward; a person lacking in courage.

A reproachful designation for a timorous person, a coward.

figurative. A fearful or cowardly person. After the 17th cent. only in cowardly custard n. at cowardly, adj. additions and cowardy, cowardy, custard…

A person lacking in courage or spirit; a coward.

A coward. Obsolete.

A cowardly, timid, or spineless person; (also) anyone who adopts a subservient role, often explicitly contrasted with cock (cf. cock, n.1 13). Cf. h…

One who is faint or faint-hearted.

A white-livered person; a coward; a flatterer.

A faint-hearted person; a coward.

= quake-breech n.

One who befouls his breeches; a coward.

A cowardly person; a person lacking in courage, spirit, or fight. Now Irish English (northern).

A coward.

(? A cock that refuses to fight; also, a cock that is ‘shy’ or not easily caught. ? Hence:) A wary or cowardly person; also, ‘One who keeps…

A cock that will not fight; a runaway. Hence as a term of abuse, a coward.

British colloquial. A worthless, insignificant, or contemptible person. In early use: a coward.

One who faints or gives way.

slang (usually derogatory). U.S. A worthless person, a coward. Obsolete. rare.

Cowardly. Used tauntingly by children, esp. in the phrase cowardy, cowardy, custard (formerly costard).

A person who is as stupid, timid, or poor-spirited as a sheep.

A coward. Obsolete. rare.

A cowardly, nervous, or timorous person.

a nervous, timid, or cowardly person; Horse Riding a rider who tends to shy at or avoid a jump, fence, etc. (cf. funker, n.3).

Pale, pallid, colourless, bloodless; lily-livered adj. white-livered, cowardly. lily-liver n. a ‘lily-livered’ person. lily-liveredly adv.

One who has a faint heart; a coward.

a weak, cowardly or frightened man.

A useless, weak, or cowardly person. Also as a general term of abuse.

Applied to persons. A horse lacking courage or endurance; hence, a coward. Australian slang.

(I'm) afraid. So (chiefly Children's) phr. fraid cat (also fraidy cat), a coward. Cf. frayed, adj.1

A meek, tame, or cowardly person or animal, esp. a tame or timid bull.

A cowardly or timorous person; a coward. Cf. fraidy cat at 'fraid, adj.2

colloquial (originally U.S.). A coward. Cf. yellow, adj. 3b.

colloquial. A coward. Cf. chicken-livered, adj.

A marvellous specimen or example (of something); in Scottish used contemptuously. boneless wonder, a gymnast; figurative, someone or something…

A timorous person, a coward; = fraidy cat at 'fraid, adj.2 Also as adj., scared, and elliptical, as scaredy.

A stupid or timid person; a coward; a ‘softy’.

derogatory. A weak or cowardly person, esp. a young boy; a weakling, a sissy.

U.S. slang. A coward; a weakling. Cf. punk, v.1 2.

Australian slang. A coward. Now rare.

(A name for) a person who adheres very closely to rules, or who is afraid to break them; a cowardly or despicable person.

A cowardly, timid, effeminate, or ineffectual man; a wimp, a sissy.

An effeminate man; a weakling; a coward.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

slang (British and Irish English). A person who loses his or her nerve; a person lacking courage or spirit. Cf. bottle, v.1 7. Usually depreciative.