Cowardly and Plucky

Cowardly

Cowardly adjective - Having or showing a shameful lack of courage.
Usage example: vile charges that were made in a cowardly, unsigned letter

Plucky is an antonym for cowardly in faint-hearted topic.

Nearby Words: cowardice, coward, cowardliness

Plucky

Plucky adjective - Showing courage.

Cowardly is an antonym for plucky in topics: courageous, brave.

Nearby Words: pluck, plucked, plucking

Both words in one sentence

  • Western Animation / Gumby Foil: The cynical, cowardly, content-at-home Pokey is a foil to Gumby, the plucky, optimistic, Determinator, and vice-versa.
  • Cowardly Sidekick The Cowardly Sidekick is often what happens when the Plucky Comic Relief isn't so... well, plucky.
  • Video Game / Pitfall The Lost Expedition Cowardly Sidekick: Quickclaw, just like his Saturday Supercade and Pitfall II incarnations, though he switches between this and Plucky Comic Relief.
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