| 单词 | lily livered |
| 释义 | (adjective) Definition cowardly (old-fashioned) Synonyms base yellow (informal) You yellow dogs! scared chicken (slang) cowardly I was too cowardly to complain. fearful I had often been very fearful and isolated. craven a craven need to please timid A timid child, she had learnt obedience at an early age. abject spineless bureaucrats and spineless politicians boneless gutless (informal) He has proved himself to be a gutless coward. timorous He is a reclusive, timorous creature. pusillanimous (formal) The authorities are too pusillanimous to deal with this situation. faint-hearted The voters may be ready to punish the politicians who devised a faint-hearted solidarity pact. yellow-bellied (slang) chickenshit (US, slang) chicken-hearted Additional synonymsin the sense of craven Definition cowardly a craven need to please Synonyms cowardly, weak, scared, fearful, abject, dastardly (old-fashioned), mean-spirited, timorous (literary), pusillanimous (formal), chickenshit (US, slang), caitiff (archaic), chicken-hearted, yellow (informal), lily-livered, niddering (archaic) in the sense of faint-hearted Definition lacking courage and confidence The voters may be ready to punish the politicians who devised a faint-hearted solidarity pact. Synonyms timid, weak, cowardly, diffident, spineless, boneless, timorous (literary), irresolute, half-arsed (British, slang), chickenshit (US, slang), half-assed (US, Canadian, slang), half-hearted, yellow (informal) in the sense of fearful Definition afraid and full of fear I had often been very fearful and isolated. Synonyms timid, afraid, frightened, scared, alarmed, wired (slang), nervous, anxious, shrinking, tense, intimidated, uneasy, hesitant, apprehensive, jittery (informal), panicky, nervy (British, informal), diffident, jumpy, timorous (literary), pusillanimous (formal), faint-heartedNearby words of |
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