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Not valorous; cowardly.

of carnivorous animals inhabiting Africa and Asia, related to the dog and wolf. They are cowardly, nocturnal, and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and are noted for their piercing and dismal howling.

A lazy or cowardly person; a rascal. [Obs.] Chaucer.

White-livered; cowardly.

Hiding; skulking; cowardly. [Colloq.] [Written also meaching and meeching.]

White-livered; cowardly; timorous.

Base; vile; contemptible; cowardly.

Resembling a poltroon; cowardly.

gth or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits. "His genius . . . poor and cowardly." Bacon.

Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base. -- Poor"-spir`it*ed*ness, n.

y or courageous strength and firmness of mind; of weak spirit; mean-spirited; spiritless; cowardly; -- said of persons, as, a pussillanimous prince.

Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven. "This recreant knight." Spenser.

To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch.

Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching. -- Sneak"ing*ly, adv. -- Sneak"ing*ness, n.

Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly. They must not be milksops, nor white-livered knights. Latimer.