cowardly


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Synonyms for cowardly

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Synonyms for cowardly

lacking courage

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Ghosting is immature and cowardly. Talk, and if needed, end things properly,' she said in a Twitter post over the weekend.
He said no religion of the world allows terrorism and violence and those who were involved in the cowardly terror attacks had no affiliation with any religion rather they had some personal agenda and ulterior motives.
"I strongly condemn the cowardly attacks on our people today," he said in a tweet from his verified account.
He emphasized such cowardly attempts to spread disunity in the country could never succeed.
Judge Rodney Jameson jailed him for six years, nine months, saying: "Your behaviour has been selfish, cowardly and dishonest."
He said the cowardly act reflected the defeated mindset.
In a letter to Yao Jing, Ambassador of Peoples' Republic of China to Pakistan, Altaf Shakoor said that Pasban Democratic Party strongly condemns the recent cowardly attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi and demands taking to the task all planners and perpetrators of this evil conspiracy against the friendly ties between the governments and people of China and Pakistan.
" Earlier, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi condemned the attack as cowardly" and lauded the timely action by police and rangers who foiled the attack.
In a tweet posted at 2.34am,Surrey Police'sRoad Policing Unit (RPU), called the driver of the VW Golf "cowardly" and said they were looking for the driver.
A 'COWARDLY' construction worker who flew out of a caravan in a drunken rage and smashed a pensioner so hard it left him disfigured has been jailed.
The violent thug entered the pensioner's home at 5am and assaulted her in a "cowardly and reprehensible" attack.
Uhuru who sent his condolences to Ethiopians on Saturday termed the attack as cowardly and outrageous saying Kenya will stand with the Ethiopia during this time.
Summary: Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 15 (ANI): Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday condemned the killing of senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari and termed it a 'cowardly attack by terrorists'.
JV Ejercito also condemned the killing of Eriguel which he said was a 'cowardly act.'
Chief Minister of Balochistan Sanaullah Zehri strongly condemned the blast outside the Church in Quetta and termed it as cowardly and regrettable.