milk-livered
adjective
milk-liv·ered ˈmilk-ˌli-vərd 
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
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
Relevance
- 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