Cowardly and Plucky

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Cowardly

Cowardly adjective - Having or showing a shameful lack of courage.
Usage example: vile charges that were made in a cowardly, unsigned letter
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Plucky is an antonym for cowardly in faint-hearted topic.
Nearby Words: cowardice, coward, cowardliness

Plucky

Plucky adjective - Showing courage.
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Cowardly is an antonym for plucky in topics: courageous, brave.
Nearby Words: pluck, plucked, plucking
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  • Western Animation / Gumby Foil: The cynical, cowardly, content-at-home Pokey is a foil to Gumby, the plucky, optimistic, Determinator, and vice-versa.
    Source: Western Animation / Gumby
  • Cowardly Sidekick The Cowardly Sidekick is often what happens when the Plucky Comic Relief isn't so... well, plucky.
    Source: Cowardly Sidekick
  • 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.
    Source: Video Game / Pitfall The Lost Expedition
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