Cowardice
noun
The lack of bravery when facing danger or difficulty.
His actions during the crisis were seen as an act of cowardice.
Often appears as...
- act of cowardice
- display of cowardice
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Disapproving
noun
The lack of bravery when facing danger or difficulty.
His actions during the crisis were seen as an act of cowardice.
Often appears as...
- act of cowardice
- display of cowardice
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Cowardice carries a strong negative feeling; it's an insult to someone's character.
She called him out for his cowardice in not standing up for his beliefs.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical Only
Cowardice isn't just about physical threats; it can apply to avoiding challenges or confrontations.
Avoiding the difficult conversation was seen as cowardice.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Perceptions
Perceptions of cowardice can vary by culture; what's cowardly in one may not be in another.
In some societies, retreat might be strategic, not cowardice.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Cowardice carries a strong negative feeling; it's an insult to someone's character.
She called him out for his cowardice in not standing up for his beliefs.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical Only
Cowardice isn't just about physical threats; it can apply to avoiding challenges or confrontations.
Avoiding the difficult conversation was seen as cowardice.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Perceptions
Perceptions of cowardice can vary by culture; what's cowardly in one may not be in another.
In some societies, retreat might be strategic, not cowardice.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Cowardice carries a strong negative feeling; it's an insult to someone's character.
She called him out for his cowardice in not standing up for his beliefs.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical Only
Cowardice isn't just about physical threats; it can apply to avoiding challenges or confrontations.
Avoiding the difficult conversation was seen as cowardice.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Perceptions
Perceptions of cowardice can vary by culture; what's cowardly in one may not be in another.
In some societies, retreat might be strategic, not cowardice.
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The history of tattoos -...
After all, they lasted forever and it really hurt to get them. For the Maori, those tattoos were an accepted mainstream tradition. If you shied away from the excruciating chiseling in of your moko design, your unfinished tattoo marked your cowardice. Today, unless you go the traditional route,
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Sir David Attenborough...
they had much to do with it they too might be infected by cowardice we made quite a collection of ten wrecks of several different species which we brought back to london but these two i'm especially fond of because a month after we'd got them back to the zoo to our surprise
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Chimps Hunting in Trees...
try and outwit their pursuers the colobus lure the chimps higher and higher into the trees where the smaller lighter color must have an advantage they can balance on branches that chimps would break this male cowardice holds
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Al Gore: This Is the...
We can't keep pumping more and more money in pursuit of short term profit in activities that are destroying the future of humanity. This is not a time for moral cowardice.
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The history of tattoos -...
After all, they lasted forever and it really hurt to get them. For the Maori, those tattoos were an accepted mainstream tradition. If you shied away from the excruciating chiseling in of your moko design, your unfinished tattoo marked your cowardice. Today, unless you go the traditional route,
Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
they had much to do with it they too might be infected by cowardice we made quite a collection of ten wrecks of several different species which we brought back to london but these two i'm especially fond of because a month after we'd got them back to the zoo to our surprise
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Chimps Hunting in Trees...
try and outwit their pursuers the colobus lure the chimps higher and higher into the trees where the smaller lighter color must have an advantage they can balance on branches that chimps would break this male cowardice holds
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Al Gore: This Is the...
We can't keep pumping more and more money in pursuit of short term profit in activities that are destroying the future of humanity. This is not a time for moral cowardice.
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Julia Glass
American Novelist
All the best novels are about one thing: how we go on. The characters must survive the fallout of their own cowardice, folly, denial or misguided passion. They squander what matters most, and still they pick up the pieces.
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Kevin Patterson
Canadian Writer
Because at bottom, I'm interested in fear, and in courage and cowardice and these are easier to get at through fiction, where you can enter people's heads.
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Eric Hoffer
American Writer
When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.
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Irving Wallace
American Author
To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
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Plutarch
Greek Philosopher
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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Jim Hightower
American Activist
The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.
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Peter Ustinov
English Actor
Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
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Kay Kay Menon
Indian Actor
Terrorism is not a sign of courage. It means cowardice.
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Hosea Ballou
American Clergyman
Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.
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Julia Glass
American Novelist
All the best novels are about one thing: how we go on. The characters must survive the fallout of their own cowardice, folly, denial or misguided passion. They squander what matters most, and still they pick up the pieces.
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Kevin Patterson
Canadian Writer
Because at bottom, I'm interested in fear, and in courage and cowardice and these are easier to get at through fiction, where you can enter people's heads.
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Eric Hoffer
American Writer
When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.
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Irving Wallace
American Author
To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
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Plutarch
Greek Philosopher
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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Jim Hightower
American Activist
The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.
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Peter Ustinov
English Actor
Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
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Kay Kay Menon
Indian Actor
Terrorism is not a sign of courage. It means cowardice.
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Hosea Ballou
American Clergyman
Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.
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