couard — meaning in English

English meaning

• coward noun A person who lacks courage, especially someone who avoids danger or difficulty out of fear.
• craven adj Completely lacking courage; cowardly, especially in a shameful way.
• milksop noun A piece of bread sopped in milk.
• poltroon noun An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch.

Senses

couard is used for these senses in English:

• coward A person who lacks courage.
• craven (archaic) A coward.
• milksop (by extension, pejorative) An easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person.
• poltroon An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch.

craven — full definition

1. adj Completely lacking courage; cowardly, especially in a shameful way.
2. noun A coward.

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