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[ US /ˈkaʊɝdəs/ ]
[ UK /kˈa‍ʊədɪs/ ]
NOUN
  1. the trait of lacking courage

How To Use cowardice In A Sentence

  • We have to make a definite move to cross over the boundary from cowardice to bravery.
  • Again, here at CENTCOM, for the past few days they have been criticizing Iraqi military for what they term cowardice on the battlefield. CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2003
  • Due to a combination of cowardice, claustrophobia and Crohn's disease, I do not react well to being kettled at marches.
  • This brought Jeffrey an enormous sense of relief, then a feeling of disgust at his own cowardice. BLINDSIGHTED
  • One opposite to courage is cowardice, but another is rashness, foolhardiness.
  • He fought against dishonesty and corruption, opportunism and cowardice.
  • Wall is a tremendously challenging artist, as his stuff essentially mocks both the Cartier-Bresson 'Decisive Moment' as self-glorifying bushwa, and the Modernist painters' photography-induced flight from Realism as cowardice. Kenneth Hite's Journal
  • I understand their haste but future generations may not be as sympathetic to our cowardice and laziness. Times, Sunday Times
  • Three hundred and six British servicemen were shot for offences against military law, including cowardice and desertion. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Romans even figured out how to deter cowardice that causes the death of others with the technique called decimation: If a legion lost a battle and there was suspicion of cowardice, 10 percent of the soldiers and commanders - usually chosen at random - were put to death. NYT > Home Page
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