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Translate cowardly from English to German

Summary

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cowardly:
- geschmacklos; flau; ohne Salz
coward:
- Feigling; Angsthase
Wiktionary:
- cowardly → feige
- cowardly → feige, feig, ängstlich, bang, zaghaft
- coward → Hosenscheißer, Warmduscher, Schisserin, Feigling, Angsthase, Schisser, Hasenfuß
- coward → Feigling, Angsthase, Hasenfuß

English

Detailed Translations for cowardly from English to German

cowardly:

cowardly adj

cowardly (saltless; bland; craven; abject; faint; dim; cringing)
geschmacklos; flau; ohne Salz
- geschmacklos adj
- flau adj
- ohne Salz adj

Translation Matrix for cowardly:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	fearful
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
flau	abject; bland; cowardly; craven; cringing; dim; faint; saltless	abstemious; blurred; clumsy; dawdling; delicate; dim; doltish; drab; dragging; drooping; dull; faint; flat; fragile; frail; gawky; grey; hazy; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; mat; misty; not very good; owlish; passive; poor; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; saltless; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; stiff; tardy; tasteless; tender; unclear; undefinable; uneasy; unhandy; unsavory; unsavoury; vague; vulnerable; wobbly; wonky; wooden
geschmacklos	abject; bland; cowardly; craven; cringing; dim; faint; saltless	bland; corny; dull; feeble; kitschy; silly; tasteless; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; without style
ohne Salz	abject; bland; cowardly; craven; cringing; dim; faint; saltless

Related Words for "cowardly":

coward

Synonyms for "cowardly":

fearful; caitiff; chicken; chickenhearted; lily-livered; white-livered; yellow; yellow-bellied; craven; recreant; dastard; dastardly; faint; fainthearted; timid; faint-hearted; funky; poltroon; pusillanimous; poor-spirited; unmanly; afraid; ignoble

Antonyms for "cowardly":

brave

Related Definitions for "cowardly":

lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted¹
- cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then¹

Wiktionary Translations for cowardly:

cowardly

adjective

showing cowardice
- cowardly → feige

cowardly

adjective

ohne Mut, sich von Angst vor Gefahr leiten lassen
- feige → gutless; cowardly

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• cowardly	→ feige; feig	↔ laf — een gebrek aan moed tonend
• cowardly	→ ängstlich; bang; zaghaft	↔ peureux — Qui est sujet à la peur.

coward:

coward [the ~] nomen

the coward (rookie; chicken; freshman; greenhorn; poltroon; novice; dogs and cats; hare's foot)
der Feigling; der Angsthase
- Feigling [der ~] nomen
- Angsthase [der ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for coward:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Angsthase	chicken; coward; dogs and cats; freshman; greenhorn; hare's foot; novice; poltroon; rookie	scaredy-cat
Feigling	chicken; coward; dogs and cats; freshman; greenhorn; hare's foot; novice; poltroon; rookie	scaredy-cat
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	funk; poltroon

Related Words for "coward":

cowards, cowardly

Synonyms for "coward":

person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; soul
Coward; Noel Coward; Sir Noel Pierce Coward; dramatist; playwright; actor; histrion; player; thespian; role player; composer

Related Definitions for "coward":

a person who shows fear or timidity¹

Wiktionary Translations for coward:

coward

noun

a person who lacks courage
- coward → Hosenscheißer; Warmduscher; Schisserin; Feigling; Angsthase; Schisser

coward

noun

ängstlicher Mensch
- Hasenfuß → chicken; scaredy-cat; coward
furchtsame, ängstliche, risikoscheue Person
- Feigling → coward

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• coward	→ Feigling	↔ lafaard — iemand die door zijn angst wegvlucht uit gevaarlijke situaties.
• coward	→ Angsthase; Hasenfuß	↔ peureux — personne peureuse, craintive, facilement effrayé.

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University