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PRONUNCIATION OF COWARDRY

cowardry  [ˈkaʊədrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COWARDRY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cowardry is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COWARDRY


Airdrie
ˈɛədrɪ
balladry
ˈbælədrɪ
bastardry
ˈbɑːstədrɪ
Deirdre
ˈdɪədrɪ
foundry
ˈfaʊndrɪ
haphazardry
hæpˈhæzədrɪ
hazardry
ˈhæzədrɪ
Hendry
ˈhɛndrɪ
heraldry
ˈhɛrəldrɪ
husbandry
ˈhʌzbəndrɪ
indri
ˈɪndrɪ
laundry
ˈlɔːndrɪ
Lollardry
ˈlɒlədrɪ
misandry
ˈmɪsəndrɪ
padre
ˈpɑːdrɪ
quandary
ˈkwɒndrɪ
stewardry
ˈstjuːədrɪ
sundry
ˈsʌndrɪ
tawdry
ˈtɔːdrɪ
wizardry
ˈwɪzədrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COWARDRY

cow shark
cow tree
cow-spanker
cowage
cowal
cowan
coward
cowardice
cowardliness
cowardly
cowardship
cowbane
cowbell
cowberries
cowberry
cowbind
cowbird
cowboy
cowboy boots
cowboy hat

WORDS THAT END LIKE COWARDRY

air-dry
animal husbandry
blow-dry
bone dry
bone-dry
cut and blow-dry
dry
freeze-dry
high and dry
home and dry
iron foundry
legendry
medium-dry
overdry
polyandry
rough-dry
spin-dry
the dry
tumble-dry
type foundry

Synonyms and antonyms of cowardry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cowardry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COWARDRY

Find out the translation of cowardry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cowardry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cowardry» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

cowardry
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cowardry
570 millions of speakers

English

cowardry
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cowardry
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cowardry
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

cowardry
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cowardry
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

cowardry
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cowardry
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengecut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cowardry
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cowardry
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cowardry
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pengirengan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cowardry
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cowardry
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कायरड्री
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cowardry
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cowardry
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cowardry
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

cowardry
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cowardry
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cowardry
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cowardry
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cowardry
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cowardry
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cowardry

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COWARDRY»

The term «cowardry» is barely ever used and occupies the 209.126 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of cowardry
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COWARDRY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cowardry» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cowardry» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cowardry

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COWARDRY»

Discover the use of cowardry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cowardry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of ...
... cowardry (in Spenser, cowardree); cowardship (Shakespeare); cowardliness; and now the most frequent, cowardice. A gallimaufry of clever but frothy songs by the English actor-playwright Noel Coward was produced at the London Mermaid  ...
Joseph Twadell Shipley, 2009
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The Works of Henry Howard: Works of Surrey, including ...
And some there were of shameful cowardry Clamb up again into the hugy horse, in And did them hide in his well-knowen womb. l. 511. The fell Ajax, and either Atrides, And the great band cleped the Dolopes. l. 529. Nor thee, Panthus, when  ...
Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, Sir Thomas Wyatt, 1815
3
Poetical Works of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey: Minor ...
And some there were for shameful cowardry, Clamb up again unto the hugy horse, And did them hide in his well knowen womb. Ay me ! bootless it is for any wight To hope on aught against will of the gods. Lo ! where Cassandra, Priam's ...
Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, Thomas Sackville Earl of Dorset, Robert Bell, 1854
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The Poetical Works of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey. With a ...
What new guest this, that to our realm is come ? What one of cheer ? how stout of heart in arms ? Truly I think (ne vain is my belief) Of Goddish race some offspring should he be : Cowardry notes hearts swerved out of kind. He driven, lord ! with ...
Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, 1864
5
The Poetical Works of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Truly I think (ne vain is my belief) Of Goddish race some offspring should he be : Cowardry notes hearts swerved out of kind. He driven, lord ! with how hard destiny ! What battles eke achieved did he recount ! But that my mind is fixt unmovably, ...
Henry Howard earl of Surrey, 1854
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The poems of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey [ed. by sir N.H. ...
Truly I think (ne vain is my belief) Of Goddish race some offspring should he be : Cowardry notes hearts swerved out of kind. He driven, lord ! with how hard destiny ! What battles eke achieved did he recount ! But that my mind is fixt unmovably, ...
Henry Howard (earl of Surrey.), Nicholas Harris Nicolas (sir), 1831
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The Works ¬of ¬Henry ¬Howard, ¬earl ¬of ¬Surrey ¬and ¬of ...
And some there were of shameful cowardry Clamh up again into the hugy horse, And did them hide in his well-knowen wonzb. . 511. The fell Ajax, and either Atrides, And the great band clepcd the Dolopes. L 529. Nor thee, Pamhus, when  ...
Henry Howard, Thomas Wyatt, George F. Nott, 1815
8
The poetical works of Surrey and Wyatt. (Memoir of H. H. ...
And some there were for shameful cowardry, Clamb up again unto the hugy horse, And did them hide in his well knowen womb. Ay me I bootless it is for any Wight To hope on aught against will of the gods. L0! where Cassandra, Priam's ...
Henry HOWARD (Earl of Surrey.), 1854
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The Works
... for no good luck to us, We went, and gave many onsets that night, And many a Greek we sent to Pluto's court. Other there fled and hasted to their ships, And to their coasts of safeguard ran again. And some there were of shameful cowardry ...
Henry Howard earl of Surrey, Thomas Wyatt, G.F. Nott, 1815
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Selected Poems
What one of cheer! How stout of heart in arms! 15 Truly I think, nor vain is my belief, Of goddish race some offspring should he be: Cowardry notes hearts swerved out of kind. He driven, Lord, with how hard destiny! What battles eke achieved ...
Henry Howard, Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, Dennis Keene, 2003

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COWARDRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cowardry is used in the context of the following news items.
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Michael Moore calls for gun legislation: "There will be an Aurora …
tragic cowardry but not a surprise at all. March 20, 2013 at 3:56 am | Report abuse | Reply. concerned! While I'm for any law that shows it can ... «CNN, Mar 13»

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