Dastard

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  • noun. A sneaking, malicious coward.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make dastard; intimidate; dispirit.
  • To call one dastard or coward.
  • noun. A dullard; a simpleton.
  • noun. A base coward; a poltroon; one who meanly shrinks from danger, or who performs malicious actions in a cowardly, sneaking manner.
  • noun. Synonyms Poltroon, Craven, etc. See coward.
  • Characterized by base cowardice; meanly shrinking from danger, or from the consequences of malicious acts.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon.
  • adjective. Meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly.
  • transitive verb. To dastardize.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A malicious coward; a dishonorable sneak.
  • adjective. meanly shrinking from danger, cowardly, dastardly
  • verb. To dastardize.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. despicably cowardly
  • noun. a despicable coward
  • Word Usage
    "“Let not thy mind be overmuch crossed by unwise men at thronged meetings of folk; for oft these speak worse than they wot of; lest thou be called a dastard, and art minded to think that thou art even as is said; slay such an one on another day, and so reward his ugly talk."
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    cowardly  fearful  
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    coward  
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