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cowardish

cowardish adjective: cowardly.

Adjective

cowardish (comparative more cowardish, superlative most cowardish)

  1. (obsolete) cowardly
    • a base and a cowardish mind1551-1624, Ralph Robynson, More's Utopia

Forms of cowardish

comparativemore cowardish
superlativemost cowardish

Origin of cowardish

From coward + -ish.

Questions about cowardish

What does cowardish mean?
Cowardish means cowardly.
What part of speech is cowardish?
Cowardish is an adjective.

Words near cowardish in the dictionary

  1. cowardice
  2. cowardices
  3. cowardie
  4. cowarding
  5. cowardise
  6. cowardish
  7. cowardize
  8. cowardized
  9. cowardizes
  10. cowardizing
  11. cowardlier

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