Meaning
2 sensesCowardly.
c. 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act II, Scene 4, He rais’d the house with loud and coward cries.
Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs.
Examples
253 sentencesWe know that you're a coward.
Ми знаємо, що ти боягуз.
ruМы знаем, что ты трус.
I knew Tom wasn't a coward.
Я знав, що Том не боягуз.
ruЯ знал, что Том не трус.
He is a bit of a coward.
Він трохи боягуз.
ruОн немного трусоват.
deEr ist schon ein kleiner Feigling.
I knew that Tom wasn't a coward.
Я знав, що Том не боягуз.
ruЯ знал, что Том не трус.
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.
Origin
From Middle English coward, from Old French coart, cuard ( > French couard), from coue (“tFrom 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| Comparative | more coward Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most coward Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
5 patterns- is a coward
- a big coward
- of a coward
- not a coward
- big coward