Meaning

1 senses
  1. A person who lacks courage.

    Near-synonyms: big baby, baby

    Feigling, Angsthase, Schisser

    трусtrus, труси́хаtrusíxa, трусишкаtrusiška

    боягу́зbojahúz, боягу́зкаbojahúzka, страхополо́хstraxopolóx

    a person who shows fear or timidity

Examples

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

    Ми знаємо, що ти боягуз. — deniko

    ruМы знаем, что ты трус. — marafon

  2. I knew Tom wasn't a coward.

    Я знав, що Том не боягуз. — deniko

    ruЯ знал, что Том не трус. — marafon

  3. He is a bit of a coward.

    Він трохи боягуз. — deniko

    ruОн немного трусоват. — Hellerick

    deEr ist schon ein kleiner Feigling. — Tamy

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

    Я знав, що Том не боягуз. — deniko

    ruЯ знал, что Том не трус. — marafon

  5. 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

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Русский
By meaning 1
a person who lacks courage:
Deutsch
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a person who lacks courage:

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

plural: cowards
Singularcoward
Pluralcowards

regular

Synonyms

39 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

16 related words

Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
coward — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto