ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

may become a man [Macbeth]; male vincetis sed vincite [Lat.] [Ovid]; omne solum forti
patria [Lat.]; self-trust is the essence of heroism [Emerson]; stimulos dedit oemula virtus
[Lat.] [Lucan]; strong and great, a hero [Longfellow]; teloque animus proestantior omni
[Lat.] [Ovid]; there, is always safety in valor [Emerson]; virtus ariete fortier [Lat.].
862. [Excess of fear.] Cowardice -- N. cowardice, pusillanimity; cowardliness &c adj.;
timidity, effeminacy.
poltroonery, baseness; dastardness † , dastardy † ; abject fear, funk; Dutch courage; fear
&c 860; white feather, faint heart; cold feet [U.S.], yellow streak [Slang].
coward, poltroon, dastard, sneak, recreant; shy cock, dunghill cock; coistril † , milksop,
white liver, lily liver, nidget † , one that cannot say 'boo' to a goose; slink; Bob Acres, Jerry
Sneak.
alarmist, terrorist † , pessimist; runagate &c (fugitive) 623.
V. quail &c (fear) 860; be cowardly &c adj., be a coward &c n.; funk; cower, skulk,
sneak; flinch, shy, fight shy, slink, turn tail; run away &c (avoid) 623; show, the white
feather.
Adj. coward, cowardly; fearful, shy; timid, timorous; skittish; poor-spirited, spiritless,
soft, effeminate.
weak-minded; infirm of purpose &c 605; weak-hearted, fainthearted, chickenhearted,
henhearted † , lilyhearted, pigeon-hearted; white-livered † , lily-livered, milk-livered † ;
milksop, smock-faced; unable to say 'boo' to a goose.
dastard, dastardly; base, craven, sneaking, dunghill, recreant; unwarlike, unsoldierlike.
in face a lion but in heart a deer.
unmanned; frightened &c 860.
Int. sauve qui peut! [Fr.], every man for himself! [Fr.Tr.]; devil take the hindmost!,
Phr. ante tubam trepidat [Lat.], one's courage oozing out; degeneres animos timor arguit
[Lat.] [Vergil].
863. Rashness -- N. rashness &c adj.; temerity, want of caution, imprudence,
indiscretion; overconfidence, presumption, audacity.
precipitancy, precipitation; impetuosity; levity; foolhardihood † , foolhardiness;
heedlessness, thoughtlessness &c (inattention) 458; carelessness &c (neglect) 460;
desperation; Quixotism, knight-errantry; fire eating.
gaming, gambling; blind bargain, leap in the dark, leap of faith, fool's paradise; too
many eggs in one basket.
desperado, rashling † , madcap, daredevil, Hotspur, fire eater, bully, bravo, Hector,
scapegrace, enfant perdu [Fr.]; Don Quixote, knight-errant, Icarus; adventurer; gambler,
gamester; dynamitard † ; boomer [U.S.].
V. be rash &c adj.; stick at nothing, play a desperate game; run into danger &c 665; play
with fire, play with edge tools.
carry too much sail, sail too near the wind, ride at single anchor, go out of one's depth.
take a leap in the dark, buy a pig in a poke.
donner tete baissee [Fr.]; knock, one's bead against a wall &c (be unskillful) 699; rush
on destruction; kick against the pricks, tempt Providence, go on a forlorn hope, go on a
fool's errand.