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dastard

 
Dictionary: das·tard   (dăs'tərd) pronunciation
n.
A sneaking, malicious coward.

[Middle English, probably alteration of Old Norse dæstr, exhausted, from past participle of dæsa, to languish, decay.]


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noun

    An ignoble, uncourageous person: coward, craven, funk, poltroon. Slang chicken, yellow-belly. See fear/courage.

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coward; esp one who sneakily commits malicious acts
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A mean coward.

pronunciation Only a dastard would perform such an unthinkable act.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kujon

Nederlands (Dutch)
(geniepige) lafaard

Français (French)
n. - infamie, lâcheté, ignominie

Deutsch (German)
n. - (gemeiner) Feigling

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δειλός

Italiano (Italian)
vigliacco

Português (Portuguese)
n. - covarde (m), vil (m)

Русский (Russian)
подлец

Español (Spanish)
n. - persona ruin, persona vil

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ynkrygg

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
懦夫, 卑鄙的人

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 懦夫, 卑鄙的人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 비열한 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 卑怯者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الجبان وبخاصه الشخص الذي يرتكب أعمال خسيسه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מוג-לב, רע-לב‬


 
 
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