cowardly
🇺🇸
/ˈkaʊərdli/
🇬🇧
/ˈkaʊədli/
adjective
R
not brave; afraid to do things that others find easy
He acted in a cowardly way by running from the small dog.
R
done to someone who cannot fight back
It was a cowardly act to hit someone who was sleeping.
translation
not brave; afraid to do things that others find easy; done to someone who cannot fight back