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Arrant :: Arrant (a.) Notoriously or preeminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward..

Coward :: Coward (n.) A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon.

Craven :: Craven (n.) A recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted, spiritless fellow. See Recreant, n..

Craven :: Craven (v. t.) To make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly..

Faint :: Faint (superl.) Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, Faint heart ne'er won fair lady..

Dastardliness :: Dastardliness (n.) The quality of being dastardly; cowardice; base fear.

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an enemy or a coward flies. See Note under Flee..

Dastard :: Dastard (n.) One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon.

Pusillanimous :: Pusillanimous (a.) Destitute of a manly or courageous strength and firmness of mind; of weak spirit; mean-spirited; spiritless; cowardly; -- said of persons, as, a pussillanimous prince..

Poltroonish :: Poltroonish (a.) Resembling a poltroon; cowardly.

Hen-hearted :: Hen-hearted (a.) Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted.

Miching :: Miching (a.) Hiding; skulking; cowardly.

Coistril :: Coistril (n.) A mean, paltry fellow; a coward..

Recreant :: Recreant (n.) One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch..

Fainthearted :: Fainthearted (a.) Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected.

-art :: -art () The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this ending is of German origin, being orig. the same word as English hard. It usually has the sense of one who has to a high or excessive degree the quality expressed by the root; as, braggart, sluggard..

Chicken-hearted :: Chicken-hearted (a.) Timid; fearful; cowardly.

White-livered :: White-livered (a.) Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly..

Dastard :: Dastard (a.) Meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly.

Sneak :: Sneak (v. t.) To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner..

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