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单词 milk-livered
释义

milk-livered

adjective

milk-liv·​ered ˈmilk-ˌli-vərd How to pronounce milk-livered (audio)
archaic
: cowardly, timorous

Synonyms

  • chicken
  • chicken-livered
  • chickenhearted
  • cowardly
  • craven
  • dastardly
  • gutless
  • lily-livered
  • poltroon
  • pusillanimous
  • recreant
  • spineless
  • unheroic
  • yellow
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Word History

First Known Use

1606, in the meaning defined above

milk-livered

adjective

archaic
as in afraid
having or showing a shameful lack of courage vented his spleen at those milk-livered men who refused to fight for king and country

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • afraid
  • chicken-livered
  • scared
  • yellow
  • frightened
  • chicken
  • careful
  • pusillanimous
  • craven
  • unheroic
  • chickenhearted
  • cowardly
  • poltroon
  • gutless
  • spineless
  • recreant
  • dastardly
  • lily-livered
  • fearful
  • timid
  • cautious
  • weak
  • diffident
  • timorous
  • fainthearted
  • feeble
  • wary
  • bashful
  • shy
  • coy
  • unmanly
  • soft

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • heroic
  • courageous
  • brave
  • daring
  • hardy
  • stout
  • intrepid
  • valiant
  • gallant
  • valorous
  • stalwart
  • gutsy
  • greathearted
  • brazen
  • bold
  • cheeky
  • dauntless
  • fearless
  • heroical
  • doughty
  • nervy
  • audacious
  • spirited
  • lionhearted
  • stouthearted
  • spunky
  • determined
  • plucky
  • resolute
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