dastardly

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treacherous; given to backstabbing
in the manner of a dastard; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous
{a} cowardly, timorous, mean, base
{s} mean, sneaky; cowardly
If you describe a person as dastardly, you mean they are wicked. very cruel or evil (dastard (15-20 centuries), perhaps from dAstr)
If you describe an action as dastardly, you mean it is wicked and intended to hurt someone
Meanly timid; cowardly; base; as, a dastardly outrage
treacherously cowardly; "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on December 7th"- F D Roosevelt
dastard
meanly shrinking from danger, cowardly, dastardly

Observe, too, that this is all a modern affair; belongs not to the old heroic times, but to these dastard new times. ‘Happiness our being’s end and aim’ is at bottom, if we will count well, not yet two centuries old in the world.

dastard
A malicious coward
dastard
a base coward
dastard
{n} a coward, fainthearted fellow, poltroon
dastard
{v} to terrify, to frighten
Dastardliness
dastardness
dastard
treacherously cowardly; "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on December 7th"- F D Roosevelt
dastard
{i} coward; mean person
dastard
Meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly
dastard
To dastardize
dastard
One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon
dastardliness
treacherous cowardice
dastardliness
The quality of being dastardly; cowardice; base fear
dastardliness
{i} meanness; cowardliness
dastardliness
The state or quality of being dastardly
dastardly
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