Pusillanimous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Lacking courage; cowardly.
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  • adj. Showing ignoble cowardice, or contemptible timidity
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Destitute of a manly or courageous strength and firmness of mind; of weak spirit; mean-spirited; spiritless; cowardly; -- said of persons, .
  • adj. Evincing, or characterized by, weakness of mind, and want of courage; feeble.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Lacking strength and firmness of mind; wanting in courage and fortitude; being of weak courage; faint-hearted; mean-spirited; cowardly.
  • Proceeding from lack of courage; indicating timidity.
  • Synonyms Poltroon, Dastard, etc. See coward.
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  • Weak, feeble, timorous, spiritless, effeminate, dastardly.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful
    • Equivalent
    cowardly    fearful   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fainthearted    mean-spirited    dastardly    cowardly    weak    timid    feeble    meanspirited    spiritless   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    animists    magnanimous    unanimous   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    timorous    dastardly    craven    cowardly    faint-hearted    unmanly    dastard    meanspirited    faithless    arrant   
     
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