noun
- plural of dastardliness; the quality or state of being cowardly, dishonorable, or contemptibly afraid
Usage: formal; typically used in literary or elevated contexts
Examples
- The dastardlinesses of the villain were exposed when he fled the scene.
- History remembers the dastardlinesses of those who betrayed their allies.
- His repeated dastardlinesses made him unfit for leadership.
- The novel chronicles the dastardlinesses that led to the protagonist's downfall.
- Such dastardlinesses have no place in a society that values integrity.