First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English cowardise, from Old French co(u)ardise; equivalent to coward + -iceDiscover More Example Sentences The Scottish Conservatives have accused ministers of "moral cowardice" after their calls for a statement on public sector workers' access to single-sex...
First and foremost, Hawthorne uses sentence structure to emphasize the consequences of Dimmesdale’s public disgrace and to convey the character’s hysterical fear of his public confession. Following Dimmesdale’s scream, the minister feels “terrible anxiety,” but he “[doubts] whether he should ...