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(adj)
Showing ignoble cowardice, or contemptible timidity.
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Lily-livered; cowardly.
(idiomatic) Cowardly, lacking courage.
(n)
A person who lacks courage.
cowardly
Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.
Cowardly.
In the manner of a dastard; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous.
Especially despicable; cowardly
Lacking in courage or confidence.
Faint of heart; irresolute; fearful.
Alternative spelling of chicken-hearted. [Not brave; lacking courage; cowardly.]
(of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
Frightening; causing fear.
(slang, UK, US) Cool; great; excellent.
(now poetic, literary) Unfaithful to someone, or to one's duties or honour; disloyal, false.
(informal, sometimes derogatory) Cowardly.
(figuratively, colloquial, idiomatic) Uncourageous, cowardly.
Meanly shrinking from danger, cowardly, dastardly.
Act of one who cringes.
(v)
(intransitive) To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
(informal) Cowardly; lacking courage or morals.
Lack of courage.
Cowardly, uncourageous; lacking character.
(endearing) A coward; a person who is easily frightened or high-strung and easily scared.
Alternative spelling of fainthearted. [Faint of heart; irresolute; fearful.]
Morally low; base; despicable.
Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible.
Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean.
Bad, evil or villainous.
Alternative form of halfhearted. [Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.]
Deserving contempt.
(slang) Of a person, worthless, contemptibly of no value; despicable.
Horrifyingly shocking.
Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful
Not honorable; base.
Having a bad reputation; disreputable; notorious; unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something scornful.
Not sufferable; very difficult or impossible to endure; intolerable, unbearable.
Not consolidated.
Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.
A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
Initialism of epidermal growth factor.
The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.
Resembling a poltroon; cowardly.
Characteristic of a wimp.
Trembling, quivering, or shaking.
(archaic) cowardly; timorous; lacking bravery
The action of one who skulks.
Devoid of courage; fearful, cowardly.
Without feeling, emotion, or concern for others; uncaring; cruel.
Devoid of nerves: calm, controlled, cool under pressure.
An animal without vertebrae (i.e., without a backbone).
(archaic) Lacking valour; cowardly.
(by extension) Weak; lacking courage and strength.
(figuratively) Cowardly, spineless.
(figuratively) Lacking will power or strength of character; timid.
lacking courage
Without bones, especially as pertaining to meat or poultry prepared for eating.
Lacking self-confidence; timid; modest
(figuratively) A person of weak character, lacking in courage and/or moral strength.
Without skill, ineffective, incompetent.
Lacking valour.
Alternative form of weak-kneed. [(figuratively) Lacking will power or strength of character; timid.]
Without pluck; timid; faint-hearted.
(obsolete) (ornithology) A young bird which has not developed feathers yet; a nestling.
Alternative form of weakhearted. [fainthearted]
Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
A surname.
Lacking vigor or decisiveness; spineless; wishy-washy.
(archaic) A coward, a dastard; a wretch.
Without a (pronounced) chin.
Deficient in physical strength.
Lying on its back.
faint-hearted
Having or exhibiting a mind that lacks steadfastness, resoluteness or especially judgment; not strong-minded.
Being powerless or weak; lacking strength.
Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
Without sexual lust.
Without spirit or courage.
Exhibiting avoidance; avoiding something.
(informal) Without poop (feces).
Deprived of courage, strength, confidence, self-control, etc.
Lacking in might or vigour; powerless; weak.
Lacking self-confidence.
Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.
Small; narrow; cramped; unable to hold or allow the passage of very much.
Indicating position or direction.
With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
Without fear; fearless, unafraid.
Unable or insufficient to produce effect.
Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection, having impotentia coeundi.
Alternative spelling of weak-minded. [Having or exhibiting a mind that lacks steadfastness, resoluteness or especially judgment; not strong-minded.]
Lacking help; powerless.
Difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate because of its size, weight, shape or complexity.