cowardice
/ˈkaʊədɪs/
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American sound/ˈkaʊədɪs/
cowardice
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co - war - dice -> cowardice
Myanmar meaning
(n) သူရဲဘောနည်းခြင်း။
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သူရဲဘောကြောင်သူ။ ငကြောက်။
Don't be such a coward—jump! ❍ I'm a terrible coward when it comes to dealing with sick people (ie It upsets me and I avoid it).
❏ cowardice /'kaƱǝdÇs/ n [U] သူရဲဘောနည်းခြင်း။
He felt ashamed of his cowardice in not coming forward to support his friend. ❍ She accused the censors of moral cowardice.
❏ cowardly adj (derog ) သတ္တိနည်းသော။ သူရဲဘောကြောင် သော။
cowardly lies/ behaviour ❍ a cowardly and brutal attack ❍ It was cowardly of you not to admit your mistake.
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alarmist, baby, caitiff, chicken, chicken heart, chicken liver, chicken-hearted, craven, cur, dastard, deserter, easily intimidated, faint-hearted, faint-of-heart, faintheart, fraidy-cat, funk, gutless, invertebrate, jellyfish, lily liver, malingerer, mouse, pessimist, poltroon, quitter, rabbit, recreant, runaway, scaredy cat, scaredy-cat, shirk, shirker, skulker, sneak, weakling, white liver, wimp, wimpy, yellow, yellow belly, yellow-bellied
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