chickenhearted

Thesaurus

Adj.

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chickenhearted - easily frightened chicken, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied, yellowcolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechcowardly, fearful - lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley

chickenhearted

adjectiveIgnobly lacking in courage:cowardly, craven, dastardly, faint-hearted, lily-livered, pusillanimous, unmanly.Slang: chicken, gutless, yellow, yellow-bellied.