Pusillanimous
41pusillanimity — noun The quality or state of being pusillanimous; the vice of being timid and cowardly, and thus not living up to ones full potential; pusillanimousness. 132. And although thou often fallest, and seest thy Pusillanimity, and endeavour to get… …
42yellow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fair, blond[e], flaxen, light haired (see color); Mongolian, Mongoloid; jaundiced; jealous, envious; informal, cowardly, craven, fearful, lily or white livered, afraid, unmanly, pusillanimous; lurid …
43dastardly — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. cowardly, pusillanimous, sneaking, base; see cowardly 1 , 2 , mean 1 . See Synonym Study at cowardly . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. cowardly, fainthearted, timid, craven, mean, base, low, rotten. ANT.: courageous,… …
44puerile — [17] Latin puer denoted ‘child’, or more specifically ‘boy’ (like Greek pais ‘child’, source of English paediatric, pedagogue, etc, it came ultimately from a base which signified ‘smallness’, and also gave English pusillanimous). The derived… …
45pusillanimity — late 14c., from Fr. pusillanimité (14c.), from L.L. pusillanimitas (4c.), from L. pusillanimus (see PUSILLANIMOUS (Cf. pusillanimous)) …
46puerile — [17] Latin puer denoted ‘child’, or more specifically ‘boy’ (like Greek pais ‘child’, source of English paediatric, pedagogue, etc, it came ultimately from a base which signified ‘smallness’, and also gave English pusillanimous). The derived… …
47cowardly — [kou′ərd lē] adj. of or typical of a coward; shamefully fearful adv. in the manner of a coward cowardliness n. SYN. COWARDLY, the general term, suggests a reprehensible lack of courage in the face of danger or pain [a cowardly deserter ]; CRAVEN… …
48pusillanimity — noun contemptible fearfulness • Syn: ↑pusillanimousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑pusillanimous (for: ↑pusillanimousness), ↑pusillanimous • Hypernyms: ↑ …
49Coward — Cow ard, n. A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon. [1913 Webster] A fool is nauseous, but a coward worse. Dryden. Syn: Craven; poltroon; dastard. [1913 Webster] …
50Pusillanimity — Pu sil*la*nim i*ty, n. [L. pusillanimitas: cf. F. pusillanimit[ e].] The quality of being pusillanimous; weakness of spirit; cowardliness. [1913 Webster] The badge of pusillanimity and cowardice. Shak. [1913 Webster] It is obvious to… …
