English Explanatory Dictionary

chicken-hearted

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Not brave; lacking courage; cowardly.

Pronunciation

en-au-chicken-hearted.ogg

Word forms

chicken-hearted more chicken-hearted most chicken-hearted

Etymology

From chicken + hearted, after chicken heart. Compare hen-hearted.

Synonyms

hen-hearted backboneless base bitch-ass boneless caitiff candy-assed chicken chicken-hearted chicken-livered chickenshit courageless cowardish cowardly cowardy cowhearted cowish craven cravenhearted cringey dastard dastardly dickless dough-faced fainthearted fearful fraidy gizzardless heartless invalorous invertebrate gutless kiasi lily-livered liver-faced liver-hearted low-hearted miching milky milk-livered mouse-hearted mousy nerveless niddering nidering niding nithing nutless pigeon-livered poltroonish poor-spirited punk pusillanimous pussylike ratlike rabbit-hearted recrayed retromingent sissy spineless

Antonyms

lionhearted adventurous mettlesome aweless bad bold brass-balled chivalrous courageous daredevil daring dauntless doughty fearless fortitudinous gallant gutsy heroic intrepid orped plucky stalwart stalworth stouthearted unafraid undaunted valiant valorous venturesome

Derived words

chicken-heartedly chicken-heartedness

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