coward
US /ˈkaʊ.ɚd/
UK /ˈkaʊ.ɚd/
1.
a person who is contemptibly lacking in courage
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He was called a coward for running away from the fight.
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Only a coward would abandon their friends in times of trouble.
1.
lacking courage; cowardly
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It was a coward act to run away from the problem instead of facing it.
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He made a coward retreat from the argument.