coward English
Noun
( en noun)
A person who lacks courage.
* 1856 : (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part II Chapter IV, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
- He tortured himself to find out how he could make his declaration to her, and always halting between the fear of displeasing her and the shame of being such a coward , he wept with discouragement and desire. Then he took energetic resolutions, wrote letters that he tore up, put it off to times that he again deferred.
Synonyms
* chicken
* See also
Derived terms
* cowardly
* cowardice
Adjective
( en adjective)
Cowardly.
*, II.17:
*:It is a coward and servile humour, for a man to disguise and hide himselfe under a maske, and not dare to shew himselfe as he is.
* Shakespeare
- He raised the house with loud and coward cries.
* Prior
- Invading fears repel my coward joy.
(heraldry, of a lion) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs.
English words suffixed with -ard
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suggest English
Verb
( en verb)
To imply but stop short of saying explicitly.
* (John Locke)
- Some ideas are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 14, author=Angelique Chrisafis, work=Guardian
, title= Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism
, passage=She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.}}
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To make one suppose; cause one to suppose (something).
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 24, author=Nathan Rabin, work=The Onion AV Club
, title= Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3
, passage=In the abstract, Stuhlbarg’s twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as precious into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man.}}
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-16, author= Sarah Boseley
, volume=189, issue=10, page=15, magazine=( The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Children shun vegetables and fruit
, passage=The [British Heart Foundation's] data […] suggests there has been little improvement in eating, drinking and exercise habits in spite of the concern about obesity and the launch of the government's child measurement programme, which warns parents if their children are overweight. About a third of under-16s across the UK are either overweight or obese.}}
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To ask for without demanding.
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To recommend.
* , chapter=19
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp
, passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}
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(obsolete) To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.
* (William Shakespeare)
- Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested .
Usage notes
* (ask for without demanding) This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (the form ending in -ing ). See
Synonyms
* (imply but stop short of saying explicitly) allude, hint, imply, insinuate
* (ask for without demanding) propose
* See also
Derived terms
* suggestion
* suggestive
See also
* (Suggestion)
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