Shakira

I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I'm not capable, I'm too cowardly for that.

Musician

Edgar Allan Poe

That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.

American Poet

Salman Rushdie

When people do the cowardly thing, it's not about respect, it's about fear.

Indian Novelist

David Mamet

I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly.

American Dramatist

Thomas Mann

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

German Writer

Chief Joseph

An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.

Leader

Horace Smith

Courage is the fear of being thought a coward.

English Poet

Seth Rogen

Canadian Actor

Robert Louis Stevenson

Scottish Writer

Thomas Fuller

English Clergyman

The word 'coward' often carries a judgmental tone, criticizing someone's lack of bravery.

Negative Connotation

Being labeled a 'coward' can be hurtful and provoke a strong emotional response.

Emotional Impact

Sometimes, 'coward' can be used to advise caution, suggesting being brave isn't always smart.

Not Always Negative

When used as an adjective, it suggests avoiding challenges out of fear, not just being scared.

Implicit Avoidance

The adjective 'coward' fits many situations, from personal relationships to professional decisions.

Varied Contexts

Using 'coward' as an adjective can sound informal and might be too casual for academic or formal writing.

Often Informal

 if they are marrying the wrong person, they have an abusive boss, they are doing, they are taking drugs, whatever it is, you hit them over the head with a two-by-four. You risk your friendship to be a friend and maybe you lose them as friends." But, she said, "You are all cowards. Like you won't actually be friends to each other because you are afraid you'll lose the friendship." And I

Alone Across the Outback...

 but the country never spoke about it. We pretended. We all became smart cowards. We decided to stay out of trouble and not talk about it. Ten months later, I quit my job. I said I could not stand it anymore. After quitting my job, I decided to organize my friends to speak about the violence in the country, to speak about the state of the nation,

Boniface Mwangi: The day...

 water is not connecting those grains of sand is a place where it can fall apart so it's important to have it mixed well so the easiest way to do this when you're doing it by hand just actually pull the sand up from underneath the water either in a hole or in a bucket and what you have is sort of a mud pie and the way that you make cowards and

Learning to make sand...

 what i just thought of another film idea i am trying to sleep small town hurricane young girl caught in a storm there's a frightening man a coward maybe a bloke without a hat surely he'd be dead no no not no like unable to love that kind of no art anyway they set off on a journey they're looking for treasure no no that's too obvious in it

Bats Come Up With An...

 the local people have superstitions and taboos connected with nearly all their animals and they have them about even such an inoffensive little beast as this many men particularly if they reckon themselves to be brave and strong are unwilling to touch them the tenrec they regard as a cowardly creature

Sir David Attenborough...

 Bionics is not only about making people stronger and faster. Our expression, our humanity can be embedded into electromechanics. It was 3.5 seconds between the bomb blasts in the Boston terrorist attack. In 3.5 seconds, the criminals and cowards took Adrianne off the dance floor.

New bionics let us run,...

 who are cowards because they send out machines to fight us. They don't want to fight us like real men, but they're afraid to fight, so we just have to kill a few of their soldiers to defeat them." The future of war also is featuring a new type of warrior,

Military robots and the...

 Both families hate each other, and this is just adding fuel to the fire. But just how bad is this stinger? A heartless hind is a coward, and calling someone that in front of his own men, and the rival family, means there's going to be a fight.

Insults by Shakespeare

 as if courageous, as it becomes you who were worthy of such a city, approach the window with a firm step, and with emotion, but not with the entreaties or the complaints of a coward, as a last enjoyment,

Amanda Bennett: We need...

 The bards sang of the brave deeds of their ancestors and praised the accomplishments of warrior kings— and composed biting satires about cowardly or selfish leaders.

Coward

Negative Connotation

Emotional Impact

Not Always Negative

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