Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to coward
Participle: cowarded
Gerund: cowarding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | coward |
| you | coward |
| he;she;it | cowards |
| we | coward |
| you | coward |
| they | coward |
Perfect
| I | have cowarded |
| you | have cowarded |
| he;she;it | has cowarded |
| we | have cowarded |
| you | have cowarded |
| they | have cowarded |
Past
| I | cowarded |
| you | cowarded |
| he;she;it | cowarded |
| we | cowarded |
| you | cowarded |
| they | cowarded |
Pluperfect
| I | had cowarded |
| you | had cowarded |
| he;she;it | had cowarded |
| we | had cowarded |
| you | had cowarded |
| they | had cowarded |
Future
| I | will coward |
| you | will coward |
| he;she;it | will coward |
| we | will coward |
| you | will coward |
| they | will coward |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cowarded |
| you | will have cowarded |
| he;she;it | will have cowarded |
| we | will have cowarded |
| you | will have cowarded |
| they | will have cowarded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | coward |
| you | coward |
| he;she;it | coward |
| we | coward |
| you | coward |
| they | coward |
Perfect
| I | have cowarded |
| you | have cowarded |
| he;she;it | have cowarded |
| we | have cowarded |
| you | have cowarded |
| they | have cowarded |
Imperfect
| I | cowarded |
| you | cowarded |
| he;she;it | cowarded |
| we | cowarded |
| you | cowarded |
| they | cowarded |
Pluperfect
| I | had cowarded |
| you | had cowarded |
| he;she;it | had cowarded |
| we | had cowarded |
| you | had cowarded |
| they | had cowarded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would coward |
| you | would coward |
| he;she;it | would coward |
| we | would coward |
| you | would coward |
| they | would coward |
Perfect
| I | would have cowarded |
| you | would have cowarded |
| he;she;it | would have cowarded |
| we | would have cowarded |
| you | would have cowarded |
| they | would have cowarded |
Imperative
| you | coward |
| we | Let's coward |
| you | coward |
Verbs conjugated like 'coward'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'coward'
adward,
award,
beward,
board,
card,
coadd,
copart,
cord,
covary,
cowash,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English coward, from Old French coart, cuard ( > French couard), from coue (“tail”), coe + -ard (pejorative agent noun suffix); coue, coe is in turn from Latin cauda.
2. The reference seems to be to an animal "turning tail", or having its tail between its legs, especially a dog. Compare the expression tail between one's legs. Displaced native Old English earg (surviving in northern dialect English argh).
3. Unrelated to cower, which is of Germanic origin.
Sample Sentences
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The first he coped with was their captain, whom / His sword sent headless to seek out a tomb. / This cowarded the valour of the rest, […] [1820, John Chalkhill, Thealma and Clearchus:]