Meaning

2 senses
  1. Cowardly.

    c. 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act II, Scene 4, He rais’d the house with loud and coward cries.

  2. Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs.

Examples

253 sentences
  1. We know that you're a coward.

    Ми знаємо, що ти боягуз.

    ruМы знаем, что ты трус.

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  2. I knew Tom wasn't a coward.

    Я знав, що Том не боягуз.

    ruЯ знал, что Том не трус.

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  3. He is a bit of a coward.

    Він трохи боягуз.

    ruОн немного трусоват.

    deEr ist schon ein kleiner Feigling.

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  4. I knew that Tom wasn't a coward.

    Я знав, що Том не боягуз.

    ruЯ знал, что Том не трус.

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  5. I'm glad you're not a coward like Tom.

    Я радий, що ти не такий боягуз, як Том.

    ruЯ рад, что ты не такой трус, как Том.

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Origin

From Middle English coward, from Old French coart, cuard ( > French couard), from coue (“t

From Middle English coward, from Old French coart, cuard ( > French couard), from coue (“tail”), coe + -ard (pejorative agent noun suffix); coue, coe is in turn from Latin cauda.

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Forms

more coward, most coward
Comparativemore coward Lesson
Superlativemost coward Lesson

regular

Collocations

5 patterns
  • is a coward
  • a big coward
  • of a coward
  • not a coward
  • big coward

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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