Words That Mean Cowardly and Fearful
Fear that shows itself in behaviour — hanging back, giving way, flinching.
8 words
- Apprehensiveadjective
mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc
- Cowerverb
show submission or fear
- Cravenadjective
lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; ; ; - Spenser
- Diffidentadjective
lacking self-confidence
- Furtiveadjective
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
- Pusillanimousadjective
lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful
- Timorousadjective
timid by nature or revealing timidity
- Trepidationnoun
a feeling of alarm or dread
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A word’s meaning sharpens against its opposite. These sets are the ones worth holding beside cowardly and fearful.