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Flee :: Flee (v. i.) To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive..

Caitiff :: Caitiff (a.) Base; wicked and mean; cowardly; despicable.

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

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..

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

Milk-livered :: Milk-livered (a.) White-livered; cowardly; timorous.

Cowardly :: Cowardly (a.) Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences; befitting a coward; dastardly; base; as, cowardly malignity..

Coward :: Coward (a.) Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly.

Dastardize :: Dastardize (v. t.) To make cowardly; to intimidate; to dispirit; as, to dastardize my courage..

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

Jackal :: "Jackal (n.) Any one of several species of carnivorous animals inhabiting Africa and Asia, related to the dog and wolf. They are cowardly, nocturnal, and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and are noted for their piercing and dismal howling..

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

Poor-spirited :: Poor-spirited (a.) Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base.

Sneaking :: Sneaking (a.) Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching.

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

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..

Dastardly :: Dastardly (a.) Meanly timid; cowardly; base; as, a dastardly outrage..

Brave :: Brave (superl.) Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act..

Cowhearted :: Cowhearted (a.) Cowardly.

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