From Middle English cowardise Anglo-Norman cuardise French couardise
cowardice (countable and uncountable plural cowardices
Lack of courage .
Synonyms: cowardliness cowardness cowardship c. 1596–1599 (date written)William Shakespeare , The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, [ … ] [ … ] V[ alentine] S[ immes] for Andrew Wise , and William Aspley , published 1600 , →OCLC [Act IV, scene ii] :The ſecond property of your excellent ſherris, is the vvarming of the blood, vvhich before (cold & ſetled) left the lyuer vvhite & pale, vvhich is the badge of puſilanimitie and covvardize : but the ſherris vvarmes it, and makes it courſe from the invvards to the partes extreames, [ …]
2019 July 19, Noah Kulwin, “Democrats Fail the Left, Once Again”, in Jewish Currents [1] [Ilhan] Omar was left twisting in the wind earlier this year after facing spurious charges of antisemitism, a display of Democratic cowardice co-signed by Chelsea Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and most every other Democrat with a congressional leadership position.
the lack of courage
Arabic: جَبَانَة f ( jabāna )
Egyptian Arabic: جبانة f ( gabāna )
Armenian: վախկոտություն (hy) ( vaxkotutʻyun ) , երկչոտություն (hy) ( erkčʻotutʻyun )
Azerbaijani: qorxaqlıq
Belarusian: тру́сасць f ( trúsascʹ ) , палахлі́васць f ( palaxlívascʹ ) , баязлі́васць f ( bajazlívascʹ ) , маладу́шнасць f ( maladúšnascʹ )
Bulgarian: страхли́вост f ( strahlívost ) , малоду́шие (bg) n ( malodúšie )
Catalan: covardia (ca) f
Cebuano: katalawan
Chinese:
Mandarin: 膽怯 ／ 胆怯 (zh) ( dǎnqiè ) , 怯懦 (zh) ( qiènuò )
Czech: zbabělost (cs) f
Danish: fejhed c
Dutch: lafheid (nl) f
Esperanto: malkuraĝeco
Estonian: argus (et)
Finnish: pelkuruus (fi)
French: lâcheté (fr) f couardise (fr) f
Galician: covardía (gl) f
Georgian: სიმხდალე ( simxdale )
German: Feigheit (de) f Kleinmut (de) m Ängstlichkeit (de) f
Greek: δειλία (el) f ( deilía ) , ανανδρία (el) f ( anandría )
Ancient: δειλία f ( deilía )
Guaraní: py'amirĩ
Hebrew: פַּחְדָנוּת f ( pakhdanút )
Hindi: कायरता (hi) f ( kāyartā ) , बुज़दिली f ( buzdilī )
Hungarian: gyávaság (hu)
Icelandic: gunguskapur m heigulsháttur m ragmennska f bleyði f
Ido: poltroneso (io) , deskurajo (io)
Ilocano: takrot
Indonesian: kepengecutan (id)
Interlingua: coardia
Italian: codardia (it) , viltà (it) , pusillanimità (it) , vigliaccheria (it)
Ivatan: katahaw
Japanese: 憶病 ( おくびょう, okubyō ) , 卑怯 (ja) ( ひきょう, hikyō )
Kazakh: жүрексіздік ( jüreksızdık ) , қорқақтық (kk) ( qorqaqtyq )
Korean: 비겁(卑怯) (ko) ( bigeop )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: newêrekî (ku) , tirsokî (ku) , tirsonekî (ku) , bêcesaretî (ku) , bêcuretî (ku)
Kyrgyz: коркоктук ( korkoktuk ) , жүрөксүздүк (ky) ( jüröksüzdük )
Ladino: kagadero kagatina
Latin: īgnāvia f
Latvian: gļēvulība f
Lithuanian: bailumas m
Macedonian: кукавичлук m ( kukavičluk ) , плашливост f ( plašlivost )
Malayalam: ഭീരുത്വം (ml) ( bhīrutvaṁ )
Middle English: cowardnesse cowardie cowardise
Norwegian:
Bokmål: feighet (no) m or f
Nynorsk: feigskap m
Old English: ierġþ f
Old Norse: bleyði f argskapr m hugbleyði f geitarhugr m klæki n ragmennska f ragskapr m regi f
Ottoman Turkish: یوركسزلك ( yüreksizlik ) , طبانسزلق ( tabansızlık )
Persian: بزدلی (fa) ( bozdeli )
Polish: tchórzostwo (pl) n tchórzliwość (pl) f bojaźliwość (pl) f
Portuguese: covardia (pt) f
Romanian: poltronerie (ro) f lașitate (ro) f
Russian: тру́сость (ru) f ( trúsostʹ ) , трусли́вость (ru) f ( truslívostʹ ) , малоду́шие (ru) n ( malodúšije ) , боязли́вость (ru) f ( bojazlívostʹ ) , бзде́ние (ru) n ( bzdénije ) ( vulgar )
Scottish Gaelic: cladhaireachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кукавѝчлук m стра̀шљиво̄ст f пла̀шљиво̄ст f боја̀жљиво̄ст f
Roman: kukavìčluk (sh) m stràšljivōst (sh) f plàšljivōst (sh) f bojàžljivōst (sh) f
Slovak: zbabelosť f
Slovene: boječnost f strahopetnost (sl) f
Spanish: cobardía (es) f
Swedish: feghet (sv) c
Tagalog: kaduwagan karuwagan
Tajik: буздилӣ ( buzdili ) , тарсончакӣ ( tarsončaki )
Tarifit: tiggʷdi f
Tatar: куркаклык (tt) ( qurkaklıq )
Telugu: పిరికితనము (te) ( pirikitanamu )
Thai: ความขี้ขลาด (th) ( kwaam-kîi-klàat )
Turkish: korkaklık (tr)
Turkmen: gorkaklyk
Ukrainian: боягу́зтво (uk) n ( bojahúztvo ) , малоду́шність f ( malodúšnistʹ )
Urdu: بُزْدِلی f ( buzdilī )
Uyghur: قورقۇنچاقلىق ( qorqunchaqliq )
Uzbek: qoʻrqoqlik (uz) , yuraksizlik (uz)
Vietnamese: tính nhút nhát
Volapük: dredöf (vo)
