coward
CowardlyCowardly.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons · Recorded US: SalomeCzapiewski, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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. — deniko
ruМы знаем, что ты трус. — marafon
I knew Tom wasn't a coward.
Я знав, що Том не боягуз. — deniko
ruЯ знал, что Том не трус. — marafon
He is a bit of a coward.
Він трохи боягуз. — deniko
ruОн немного трусоват. — Hellerick
deEr ist schon ein kleiner Feigling. — Tamy
I knew that Tom wasn't a coward.
Я знав, що Том не боягуз. — deniko
ruЯ знал, что Том не трус. — marafon
I'm glad you're not a coward like Tom.
Я радий, що ти не такий боягуз, як Том. — deniko
ruЯ рад, что ты не такой трус, как Том. — odexed
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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.