different between cowardly vs degraded
cowardly
English
Etymology
From Middle English *cowardli (adjective) and couardli (adverb), equivalent to coward +? -ly. Displaced native Old English earg.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ka??dli/
Adjective
cowardly (comparative cowardlier or more cowardly, superlative cowardliest or most cowardly)
- Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cowardly
- 1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol
- The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look danger in the face.
Derived terms
- cowardlily
Translations
Adverb
cowardly (comparative more cowardly, superlative most cowardly)
- (archaic) In the manner of a coward, cowardlily.
Translations
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degraded
English
Etymology
See degrade and compare French degré (“step”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d????e?d?d/
Adjective
degraded (comparative more degraded, superlative most degraded)
- Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
- The Netherlands […] were reduced, practically, to a very degraded condition.
- (biology) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
- 1852, James Dwight Dana, Crustacaea
- The Grapsoid species are represented of a degraded form in Porcellana
- 1852, James Dwight Dana, Crustacaea
- (heraldry, not comparable) Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the centre; on degrees.
Synonyms
- (deprived of dignity): humiliated
Translations
Verb
degraded
- simple past tense and past participle of degrade
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