Synonyms for dastardly
- adjective
- adverb
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Cowardly — in the manner of a dastard; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous
cowardly, craven, spineless, dastard, gutless, fearful, base, pusillanimous, ratlike, timid, lily-livered, nithing dated
Other
Adverb
treacherously, false, traitorously, perfidiously, traitorwise, proditoriously dated, traitorly dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
In the manner of a dastard; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous.
- adj. 2
Treacherous; given to backstabbing.
- adv. 1
In a cowardly or treacherous fashion.
Example sentences
- cowardly Grr! Avoid not, unwelcome evil and cowardly beast!
- craven The president is too craven to tackle this problem.
- spineless Tom is a gutless, spineless, gormless, underachieving twat.
- treasonous You'll all hang for this, you ungrateful, treasonous bastards!
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dastardly | rising | |
| cowardly | rising | |
| craven | rising | |
| spineless | rising | |
| dastard | rising | |
| treasonous | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- base1
- 5 letters
- false1, timid2, booky
- 6 letters
- craven2
- 7 letters
- fearful2, gutless2, dastard, ratlike, nithing
- 8 letters
- cowardly3, recreant, viperous
- 9 letters
- spineless2, traitorly
- 10 letters
- treasonous3
- 11 letters
- traitorwise
- 12 letters
- traitorously, perfidiously
- 13 letters
- treacherously, pusillanimous5
- 14 letters
- proditoriously
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (timid2 = 2 syllables).