English English Dictionary

English - English

cowardly in English:

1. coward coward


Don’t be a coward.
I'm such a coward that I rarely visit the dentist.
I'm a coward when it comes to cockroaches.
You may call him a fool, but you cannot call him a coward.
It is better to be a coward for five minutes than dead for the rest of your life.
To tell you the truth, I am scared of heights. "You are a coward!"
John is brave in appearance, but is in reality a coward.
What? You can't do it? You coward! Chicken!
That's me - the coward unable to muster his courage and find out the truth.
Judging from what you have seen of him, this fellow is not a coward.
The man that lays his hand upon a woman, save in the way of kindness, is a wretch whom't were gross flattery to name a coward.
You try to make me feel like some sort of coward
She considered him a coward for failing to join up in the war.
Come back immediately, you coward!
The coward is the first to raise his fist.

2. brave


Who can read the heroic deeds of brave men without a feeling of respect and admiration?
Brave people feel fear, but that doesn't stop them.
The people standing around were amused and laughed at the brave little dog.
Model braves EIGHT TORNADOES in one day to ensure she gets the perfect storm photo
You're brave.
We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.
He put up a brave and lone struggle, but up against such heavy odds he couldn't get his business plan accepted.
Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan, to risk their lives for us.
Our country will win, for our army is big and brave.
Some brave passengers caught the pickpocket and turned him over to the police.
Last week I met a very brave and handsome man with his wife.
Around 120,000 volunteers braved the cold and took to the streets to raise money for the charity
The brave sentry thinks it's funny that most Spanish 3rd-person-sentences have six possible ways of being translated to German.
There are many people like this in the world. Normally, they're not brave. After getting drunk, they turn brave.

English word "cowardly"(brave) occurs in sets:

opposites test