Coward

Etymology
From coart:, cuard: ( > French couard:), from coe: (from  cauda:) + -ard:. The reference seems to be to an animal "turning tail", or having its tail between its legs.

Noun

 * 1) A person who lacks courage.
 * 2) * 1856:, , Part II Chapter IV, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
 * He tortured himself to find out how he could make his declaration to her, and always halting between the fear of displeasing her and the shame of being such a coward, he wept with discouragement and desire. Then he took energetic resolutions, wrote letters that he tore up, put it off to times that he again deferred.

Synonyms

 * chicken
 * See also Thesaurus:coward

Derived terms

 * cowardly
 * cowardice

Adjectives
thrasonical; arrant; vulgar; miserable; hulking; base egotistic; contemptible; mannish; notable faithless; detestable; abject; conscienceless crafty; blaspheming; blatant; devout; infernal; pale; infamous.

Verbs
bar —; brand as —; denounce —; designate as—; develop into —; intimidate —; ostra¬cize —; proclaim —; regale —; reproach —; slay —; sneer at —; stigmatize as —; taunt —; — faints; — falters; — fears; — flees; — pales; — pleads; — protects; — shakes; — shies; — slanders; — slinks; — trembles; — whimpers; — yields.

Thesaurus
Milquetoast, Scaramouch, baby, big baby, caitiff, chicken, chicken liver, craven, dastard, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat, funk, funker, gutless, invertebrate, jellyfish, lily liver, lily-livered, milksop, mouse, poltroon, poltroonish, pusillanimous, quitter, recreant, scaredy-cat, sissy, spunkless, unmanly, weak sister, weakling, white feather, white liver

Translations

 * Arabic: جبان
 * Bulgarian: страхливец
 * Catalan: covard
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: lafaard
 * Estonian: argpüks
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:, ,  , Schisserin
 * Greek: ,
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hebrew: פחדן, פחדנית
 * Hindi: कायर
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:, pusillanime, vigliacco, vile
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:, , , , ,
 * Manx:
 * Norwegian: feiging
 * Persian: ترسو, نامرد
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: laș, lașă
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, gealtaire
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Vietnamese: nhát gan, nhút nhát
 * Volapük: dredöfan,  hidredöfan,  jidredöfan,  dredajiedan,  dredahijiedan,  dredajijiedan
 * West Frisian: ,