Synonyms of dastardly
120 similar words
Another word for dastardly is chicken-hearted. Other synonyms of dastardly are double-dealing, cowardly, double-crossing, craven and double-faced.
Synonyms and similar words for dastardly
adjectiveIn the manner of a dastard; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous.
- gutlessCowardly; lacking courage or morals.
- nithingCowardly, dastardly.
- spinelessCowardly, uncourageous; lacking character.
- backboneless figuratively
- base
- soft
- bitch-ass derogatory
- boneless BritishLacking strength, courage, or resolve.
- caitiffEspecially despicable; cowardly.
- candy-assed Canada, USCowardly; timid; wimpy.
- chickenCowardly.
- chicken-heartedNot brave; lacking courage; cowardly.
- chicken-liveredCowardly.
- chickenshit slang, vulgar
- couragelessDevoid of courage; fearful, cowardly.
- cowardlyShowing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
- cowardy BritishCowardly.
- cowheartedCowardly.
- cowish
- cravenUnwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.
- cravenheartedCowardly.
- cringey
- dastardMeanly shrinking from danger, cowardly, dastardly.
- dickless figuratively, slang
- dough-faced US
- faintheartedFaint of heart; irresolute; fearful.
- fearful
- fraidy US
- gizzardless figuratively
- invertebrateCowardly, uncourageous; lacking character.
- hen-heartedCowardly; timid.
- kiasiUnwilling to take a risk for fear that something bad or unfavorable will happen; cowardly, overly cautious and...
- lily-livered figurativelyCowardly, lacking courage.
- liver-facedLily-livered; cowardly.
- low-hearted
- milk-liveredCowardly; timorous; lacking bravery.
- mouse-heartedCowardly; timid.
- mousy
- nerveless
- nutless
- pigeon-liveredCowardly.
- poltroonishResembling a poltroon; cowardly.
- poor-spirited
- punkCowardly.
- pusillanimousShowing ignoble cowardice, or contemptible timidity.
- pussylike
- ratlikeResembling or characteristic of a rat, whether physically or (in behavioral terms) cunning, disloyal, or cowardly.
- rabbit-heartedTimid; cowardly.
- recrayed
- retromingent
- sissy derogatory
- timidLacking in courage or confidence.
- timorous
- unheartyNot hearty.
- weak-kneed
- white-hearted
- white-livered
- wimpishCharacteristic of a wimp.
- yellow
- yellow-bellied
- cowardish obsoleteCowardly.
- heartless obsoleteWithout courage; fearful, cowardly.
- invalorous obsoleteLacking valour; cowardly.
- liver-hearted archaicCowardly.
- miching US, dialectalHiding; skulking; cowardly or freeloading.
- milky obsolete
- niddering archaicSynonym of nithing (“cowardly, dastardly; notoriously evil or wicked; infamous”).
- nidering archaic
- niding archaic
adjectiveTreacherous; given to backstabbing.
- JudaslikeResembling or characteristic of Judas Iscariot; traitorous.
- viperousVenomous, malicious or treacherous.
- bookyTreacherous, snitchy, not trustworthy.
- disloyalNot loyal, without loyalty.
- double-crossingWhich double-crosses.
- double-dealingCheating, dishonest; treacherous.
- double-facedDeceitful; hypocritical; treacherous.
- double-heartedTreacherous.
- doubleheartedDeceitful; treacherous; double-crossing.
- faithlessNot true to allegiance, duty, or vows.
- false
- false-heartedDisloyal, perfidious.
- guilefulFull of guile; treacherously deceptive.
- hollow-heartedInsincere; deceitful; treacherous; hypocritical.
- infidelitousUnfaithful.
- JudaslyJudaslike; traitorous.
- nonfaithfulNot faithful.
- perfidiousOf, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance.
- Punic figurativelyPerfidious, treacherous, faithless.
- recreant literary, poeticUnfaithful to someone, or to one's duties or honour; disloyal, false.
- renegadeDeserting, treacherous, disloyal.
- reptilian figurativelyCold-blooded, treacherous, unavoidably selfish and hostile.
- traitorishTraitorly; treasonous.
- traitorlikeTraitorly.
- traitorlyLike a traitor; traitorous.
- traitorousCharacteristic of a traitor; disloyal.
- traitorsomeCharacteristic of a traitor; traitorous.
- treacherous
- treachersomeCharacterised or marked by treachery; treacherous.
- unfaithfulNot keeping good faith; disloyal; not faithful.
- unlealDisloyal.
- unloyalNot loyal.
- unsteadfastNot steadfast; wavering, unfaithful.
- untrueNot faithful or loyal.
- viperishSpiteful; treacherous.
- disleal obsoleteDisloyal; perfidious.
- falseheart obsoleteSynonym of false-hearted.
- guiled archaicArmed with deceit; treacherous.
- illoyal obsoleteDisloyal.
- insidious nonstandardTreacherous.
- proditorious obsoleteTreacherous, traitorous.
- proditory obsoleteTreacherous, traitorous.
- reptitious figuratively, obsoleteSynonym of reptilian: reptilelike, (figuratively) cold-blooded, treacherous.
- swike dialectal, obsoleteDeceitful; treacherous.
- trothless archaic, poeticUntrustworthy, treacherous.
adverbIn a cowardly or treacherous fashion.
- traitorwiseIn the manner of a traitor; traitorously.
- disloyallyIn a disloyal manner.
- falselyIn a false manner.
- perfidiouslyIn a perfidious manner.
- traitorouslyIn a traitorous manner; treacherously.
- treacherouslyIn a treacherous manner.
Meaning of dastardly
- adjective In the manner of a dastard; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous.
- adjective Treacherous; given to backstabbing.
- adverb In a cowardly or treacherous fashion.
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Questions about synonyms of dastardly
- What is another word for dastardly?
- Dastardly has 120 synonyms on Word.ws, such as chicken-hearted, double-dealing, cowardly, double-crossing, craven, double-faced, double-hearted and false-hearted.
- What does dastardly mean?
- Dastardly means in the manner of a dastard; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous.
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