Cowardly and Dauntless

Cowardly

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

Dauntless is an antonym for cowardly in topics: faint-hearted, fearful.

Nearby Words: cowardice, coward, cowardliness

Dauntless

Dauntless adjective - Feeling or displaying no fear by temperament.
Usage example: dauntless heroes who are inclined to rush to danger, not away from it

Cowardly is an antonym for dauntless.

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Divergent Though she points out that, despite being Dauntless, he is cowardly and borderline psychopathic and lives depended on it.
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