what is mean by saying coward?

Answer 1

dictionary.com

Answer 2

Definition Of Coward

Answer 3

What Does Coward Mean

Answer 4

The opposite of brave. A person who is afraid. But in English, if this helps you, we don't say it like this but always put the little article "a" in front of it, okay?

So: a coward.

The sense of it is that a coward shrinks back from even ordinary dangers. He is so fearful that he cannot make himself do "manly" things because he has unusual fears for his own safety. Other people go ahead with what has to be done, but he cannot make himself do that. We heap ridicule on a coward.

Answer 5

a person who is not brave or who does not have the courage to do things that other ppl do not think are especially difficult:

eg.. You coward! What are u afraid of?
I'm a real coward when it comes to going to the dentist.

Answer 6

It means the person is a "Chicken".
Example; Say everyone is jumping off a high cliff into the water and one person not want to jump, even though they see it be OK, as everyone has jumped.
A person may call them a "Coward", because they are afraid to jump from the cliff.

Answer 7

In addition to these dictionary definitions, the person using the term "coward" is making an insult. The person is calling your courage into question. How you respond is up to you. Sometimes it is better to ignore insults, sometimes an insult is just the thing to get you motivated to take the right action.

Answer 8

A "coward" is someone who is afraid to face their fears, or runs away in the face of danger or adversity. It also means someone who would rather run away to preserve their own skin.

Answer 9

Cowardice is a vice that is conventionally viewed as the corruption of prudence, to thwart all courage or bravery. Cowardice may be considered to be prudence that does not take consequences to their furthest extent.

Cowardice is a vice that is conventionally viewed as the corruption of prudence, to thwart all courage or bravery. Cowardice may be considered to be prudence that does not take consequences to their furthest extent.

Etymology
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word "coward" comes from an Old French word coart, a combination of the word for "tail" and an agent noun suffix. It would therefore have meant "one with a tail" — perhaps one in the habit of turning it, or it may be derived from a dog's habit of putting its tail between its legs when it is afraid. Another more clearly related word, in old French, that can be related to coward is "couard" which literally means coward and was frequently used by French knights in battle. It is therefore possible that the English language was enriched in such manner through military contacts with the French (Or the Franco Normans that invaded England in 1066)

The English surname Coward (as in Noel Coward), however, has the same origin and meaning as the word "cowherd".


Legal definition
As a legal definition, according to Subchapter X, Section 899, Article 99 of the United States Uniform Code of Military Justice, cowardice is defined as:

Running away from an enemy;
Abandoning, surrendering or otherwise fleeing any post that the soldier is tasked with defending;
Endangering the safety of any post that the soldier is responsible for through disobedience, neglect or willful misconduct while in combat;
Discarding arms or ammunition while in combat;
Abandoning combat to plunder or loot or commit other crimes;
Willfully failing to do all within the soldier's power to fight or defend when it is his duty to do so, while in combat;
Refusing to give any needed aid or relief to fellow troops while in combat; or
Performing other unspecified acts of "cowardly conduct" while in combat.
According to the UCMJ, the maximum punishment for cowardice is the death penalty. Cowardice can, by definition, only be charged during a time of and in an area of armed conflict.

Answer 10

A person with no courage - a person who runs away from danger

Answer 11

a person who is too afraid to do things that they are afraid of. they are people that won't step out of their shell when they are first born because they are too afraid too.