chicken-hearted+white-livered
11craven — adj 1. cowardly, poltroon, dastardly, base, recreant, Archaic. niddering, Archaic. caitiff; pusillanimous, timorous, timid, fearful, afraid, frightened, afraid of one s shadow, faint hearted, lily livered, white livered, Inf. chicken hearted, Inf …
12pusillanimous — adj timid, timorous, fearful, afraid, afraid of one s own shadow, frightened; unmanly, faint hearted, weak hearted, lily livered, white livered, having no backbone, with a backbone of banana, Inf. chicken hearted, Inf. chicken livered, Inf.… …
13cowardly — adj craven, poltroon, dastardly, base, recreant, Archaic. niddering, Archaic. caitiff; pusillanimous, timorous, timid, fearful, afraid, frightened, afraid of one s shadow, not having the heart, unmanly, faint hearted, lily livered, white livered …
14faint — adj 1. pale, dim, distant, obscure, faded, weak, feeble, thin, faltering, trembling; low, soft, gentle, dulcet, whispered, muted, stifled, muffled; dull, indistinct, unclear, inaudible, imperceptible. 2. dizzy, Inf. woozy, vertiginous,… …
15weak — adj 1. frail, fragile, breakable, delicate; unstable, unsteady, unsubstantial; flimsy, jerry built, gimcrack, rickety, ramshackle, dilapidated, falling apart or down, tumble down, decayed, rotten. 2. feeble, puny, nonmuscular, nonathletic,… …
16recreant — adj 1. cowardly, craven, dastardly, base, Archaic. niddering, Archaic. caitiff; pusillanimous, timorous, timid, nervous, fearful, afraid, scared, scary, frightened, afraid of one s shadow, cowering; spineless, weak, uncourageous, unmanly, weak… …
17nerveless — adj 1. cool, cool headed, calm, unruffled, unperturbed, undisturbed, untroubled, placid, tranquil, serene; composed, collected, controlled, self controlled, self possessed, steady, steady handed; dispassionate, impassionate, unemotional,… …
18spineless — adj 1.Zool. invertebrate; limp, flaccid, lax, slack, infirm; rubbery. 2. weak, weak willed, feeble, without a will of one s own; irresolute, indecisive, infirm of purpose, wishy washy. 3. pusillanimous, timid, timorous, fearful, afraid, afraid of …
19chickenhearted — adjective easily frightened • Syn: ↑chicken, ↑lily livered, ↑white livered, ↑yellow, ↑yellow bellied • Similar to: ↑cowardly, ↑fearful …
20fearful — adj 1. dreadful, dread, terrifying, frightful, direful, appalling; terrible, grievous, grim, dire, baleful, dark; alarming, distressing, harrowing, rending; redoubtable, fearsome, formidable, awful; horrible, horrendous, monstrous, atrocious;… …
