COWARDLINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cowardliness mean? 

• COWARDLINESS (noun)
  The noun COWARDLINESS has 1 sense:

1. the trait of lacking courage

  Familiarity information: COWARDLINESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COWARDLINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The trait of lacking courage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

cowardice; cowardliness

Hypernyms ("cowardliness" is a kind of...):

spirit (a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character)

Attribute:

cowardly; fearful (lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cowardliness"):

cravenness (meanspirited cowardice)

fearfulness (the trait of being afraid)

dastardliness (despicable cowardice)

Derivation:

cowardly (lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted)