cowardice
pronunciation
How to pronounce cowardice in British English:
UK [ˈkaʊədɪs]
How to pronounce cowardice in American English:
US [ˈkaʊərdɪs]
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- Noun:
- the trait of lacking courage
Word Origin
- cowardice (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old French coardise (13c.), from coard, coart (see coward) + noun suffix -ise. Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination. [Ernest Hemingway, "Men at War," 1942]
Example
- 1. Yellow-green can indicate sickness cowardice discord and jealousy .
- 2. The answer is , the usual suspects : greed and cowardice .
- 3. And speaking morally , something like cowardice and falsehood ?
- 4. Cowardice may stop people who know better from speaking up .
- 5. Fela also criticised his countrymen for what he saw as their exaggerated reverence for authority and cowardice .