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Cowardice Pronunciation
Cowardice is pronounced KOW-er-duhs, IPA /ˈkaʊɝdəs/.
KOW-er-duhs
US /ˈkaʊɝdəs/ · UK /ˈkaʊədɪs/
Syllables: KOW · er · duhs (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: Lack of courage in the face of danger or difficulty.
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Cowardice in a Sentence
- He was accused of cowardice for leaving early.
- Silence in that meeting was simple cowardice.
- The charge of cowardice was dropped at the hearing.
Common Mispronunciations of Cowardice
Not KOW-er-dyss
The ice at the close is nothing like the frozen word. It flattens to duhs, as the same letters do in justice and notice.
Not kow-ER-duhs
Three beats, and the first takes the force. Coward itself is loud at the front and the suffix leaves that alone.
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