If you say that someone is ~, you mean that they are timid or afraid. (FORMAL)
The authorities have been too ~ in merely condemning the violence.
= cowardly
? valiant
ADJ disapproval
If you say that someone is ~, you mean that they are timid or afraid. (FORMAL)
The authorities have been too ~ in merely condemning the violence.
= cowardly
? valiant
ADJ disapproval
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012