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Meaning of cowardly | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2 Standard

ˈkaʊədli

Definitions

Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
Pusillanimous, cowardly.

Equivalents

العربية جبان

Azərbaycanca qorxaq

Беларуская баязлі́вы

Bosanski bas las vile

Català covard

Čeština zbabělý

Dansk fej

Deutsch feige

Ελληνικά δειλός

Esperanto kovarda malkuraĝa poltrona

Español cobarde cobardemente pusilánime

Euskara koldar

Suomi pelkurimainen pelkurimaisesti raukkamainen raukkamaisesti

Français Bas Lâche lâchement veule

Gaeilge meata

ગુજરાતી કાયર બીકણ

हिन्दी कायर कायरतापूर्ण डरपोक

Hrvatski bas las vile

Magyar gyáva

Հայերեն վախկոտ

Íslenska huglaus

Italiano codardo pusillanimamente pusillanime vigliaccamente vigliacco vile vilmente

日本語へたれ臆病な

ქართული მშიშარა მხდალი

Қазақша қорқақ

ខ្មែរ កំសាក

한국어 겁이 많다

Kurdî bas baş laş

Кыргызча коркок коркунчаак

Latina ignavus

Te Reo Māori hūngoingoi

Македонски кукавички плашлив

Монгол аймхай хулчгар

Nederlands laf

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਕਾਇਰ

Polski tchórzliwy

Português cobarde cobardemente covarde covardemente

Română fricos laș mișel

Русский малодушно малодушный трусливо трусли́вый

Slovenčina zbabelý

Српски bas las vile

Svenska feg

ไทย ขลาด ขี้ขลาด ปอด ปอดแหก

Türkçe korkak

Українська боягузливий боязки́й боязли́вий

Examples

“The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle.”

“1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look danger in the face.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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