Cowardly

a. 1. Wanting courage to face danger; timid; timorous; fearful; pusillanimous.

The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle have done this slaughter. Shak.

2Sense 2. Proceeding from fear of danger; befitting a coward; mean; base.

The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look danger in the face. Burke.

Synonyms—Timid; fearful; timorous; dastardly; pusillanimous; recreant; craven; faint-hearted; chicken-hearted; white-livered; mean; base.