cowardliness

/'kauədlinis/

Thân thiện

A soldier shows cowardliness by hiding during the battle.

Definition

1. 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.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the trait of lacking courage

Từ đồng nghĩa

• cowardice