covarde — meaning in English
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English meaning
- chicken noun A common domesticated bird raised for its eggs and meat.
- coward noun A person who lacks courage, especially someone who avoids danger or difficulty out of fear.
- cowardly adjective Lacking courage; showing fear when bravery is called for.
- craven adj Completely lacking courage; cowardly, especially in a shameful way.
- pushover noun Someone who is easily persuaded, taken advantage of, or pushed around.
- wimp noun Someone seen as weak, timid, or lacking backbone.
- yellow noun The bright color of lemons, sunflowers, and egg yolks, produced by light around 580 nanometers.
Senses
covarde is used for these senses in English:
- chicken (countable, slang, sometimes, derogatory) A coward.
- coward A person who lacks courage.
- cowardly Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
- craven Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.
- craven (archaic) A coward.
- pushover Someone who is easy to push around and to take advantage of; someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied without defending or standing up for themselves.
- wimp (chiefly, derogatory, slang) Someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy.
- yellow (informal) Lacking courage.
chicken — full definition
- noun A common domesticated bird raised for its eggs and meat.
- noun The meat of this bird, eaten as food.
- noun (informal) A cowardly person.
- adj (informal) Cowardly; afraid to do something.
- verb (informal, usually with "out") To back out of something through fear.