Fie, coward woman, and soft-hearted wretch.
Shak.
3. Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity.
He raised the house with loud and coward cries.
Shak.
Invading fears repel my coward joy.
Proir.
Cow"ard, n. A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon.
A fool is nauseous, but a coward worse.
Dryden.
Syn. -- Craven; poltroon; dastard.