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Coward

Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Craven 76% connected

Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless.

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Cur 76% connected

A mongrel or inferior dog.

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Dastard 76% connected

One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon.

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Milksop 76% connected

A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded person.

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Pansy 76% connected

A plant of the genus Viola (V. tricolor) and its blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties have very large flowers of a great diver…

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Poltroon 76% connected

An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch.

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Quaker 76% connected

One who quakes.

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Recreant 76% connected

Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven.

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Trembler 76% connected

One who trembles.

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Waverer 76% connected

One who wavers; one who is unsettled in doctrine, faith, opinion, or the like.

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Cowardly 74% connected

Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.

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Cowardly 74% connected

Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.

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Fawn 74% connected

A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.

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Fawn 74% connected

A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.

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Overawe 74% connected

To awe exceedingly; to subjugate or restrain by awe or great fear.

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Overawe 74% connected

To awe exceedingly; to subjugate or restrain by awe or great fear.

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