cowardliness
/'kauədlinis/
Definition
- Noun:
- The trait of lacking courage: Cowardliness refers to the characteristic or quality of being easily frightened, unwilling to face danger, difficulty, or pain, and showing a lack of bravery or fortitude.
Usage
- Cowardliness is used to describe a person's enduring character trait, not a single momentary feeling of fear. It implies a habitual or inherent lack of courage.
- It is a formal and often critical term, used to judge someone's character negatively.
Examples
- Noun:
- His cowardliness prevented him from standing up to the bully.
- The general despised any sign of cowardliness in his soldiers.
- She accused him of moral cowardliness for not defending his principles.
Advanced Usage
- "Moral cowardliness": A specific type of cowardice involving the failure to act according to one's conscience or ethical beliefs due to fear of the consequences.
- His silence in the face of injustice was an act of moral cowardliness.
Variants and Related Words
- Coward (n): A person who lacks courage.
- He was labeled a coward for fleeing the battle.
- Cowardly (adj): Having or showing the characteristics of a coward.
- It was a cowardly attack on an unarmed man.
- Cowardice (n): This is a more common synonym for cowardliness, meaning the same thing: lack of bravery.
- The medal was awarded for an act of bravery, not cowardice.
Synonyms
- Timidity: The state of being easily frightened; lack of self-confidence.
- Faintheartedness: Lack of courage or determination.
- Spinelessness: Lack of strength of character; weakness.
Antonyms
- Bravery: The quality of being brave; courageous behavior or character.
- Courage: The ability to do something that frightens one; bravery.
- Fortitude: Courage in pain or adversity.
- Valor: Great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle.
Noun
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the trait of lacking courage
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