| Main Entry: | pusillanimous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fearful |
Synonyms: |
afraid, chicken, cowardly, gutless, tame, timid, timorous |
| Main Entry: | cowardly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fearful |
Synonyms: |
afraid, anxious, apprehensive, backward, base, caitiff, chicken-hearted, cowering, cowhearted, craven, dastardly, diffident, dismayed, fainthearted, frightened, gutless, having the willies, jittery, lacking courage, lily-livered, nervous, no guts, panicky, paper tiger, pigeonhearted, pusillanimous, recreant, retiring, running scared, scared, shrinking, shy, soft*, spineless, timid, timorous, weak, weak-kneed, worthless, yellow*, yellow-bellied |
Antonyms: |
bold, brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, unafraid, undaunted, unfearful |
| Main Entry: | craven |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | weak, timid |
Synonyms: |
chicken*, cowardly, dastardly, fearful, gutless, lily-livered, mean-spirited, poltroonish, pusillanimous, scared, timorous, weak-kneed, wimpish, wimpy, wussy, yellow*, yellow-bellied |
Antonyms: |
bold, brave, courageous, heroic, strong |
| Main Entry: | dastardly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rotten |
Synonyms: |
base, contemptible, cowardly, craven, despicable, low, mean, pusillanimous, underhanded, vile |
| Main Entry: | fearful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alarmed, apprehensive |
Synonyms: |
aflutter, afraid, aghast, agitated, anxious, chicken, chickenhearted, diffident, discomposed, disquieted, disturbed, fainthearted, frightened, goose-bumpy, have cold feet, hesitant, in a dither, intimidated, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered, mousy, nerveless, nervous, nervy, panicky, perturbed, phobic, pusillanimous, quivery, rabbity, running scared, scared, shaky, sheepish*, shrinking, shy, skittish, solicitous, spineless, tense, timid, timorous, tremulous, uneasy, unmanly, weak-kneed, worried, yellow* |
| Notes: | someone may be fearful; someone or something may be fearsome |
Antonyms: |
bold, brave, courageous, inapprehensive, unafraid, unfearful |
| Main Entry: | gutless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | timid |
Synonyms: |
abject, chicken*, chicken-hearted, coward, cowardly, craven, faint-hearted, feeble, irresolute, lily-livered, pusillanimous, spineless, submissive, weak, wimpy, yellow*, yellow-bellied |
Antonyms: |
bold, brave, courageous, gutsy, resolute |
| Main Entry: | timid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy |
Synonyms: |
afraid, ambivalent, apprehensive, badgered, bashful, browbeaten, bullied, capricious, cowardly, cowed, cowering, coy, daunted, demure, diffident, fainthearted, fearful, feeble, frightened, gentle, having cold feet, humble, intimidated, irresolute, milquetoast, modest, mousy, nervous, pusillanimous, retiring, shaky, shrinking, soft, spineless, spiritless, submissive, timid, timorous, trembling, unassertive, unassured, unnerved, vacillating, wavering, weak, yellow* |
Antonyms: |
bold, brave, daring, extroverted, fearless |
| Main Entry: | yellow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cowardly |
Synonyms: |
chicken*, craven, deceitful, gutless, lily-livered, low, offensive, pusillanimous, sneaking, treacherous, tricky, unethical, unprincipled |
Antonyms: |
bold, brave, confident |
| Main Entry: | unmanly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | weak |
Synonyms: |
afraid, cowardly, fainthearted, fearful, pusillanimous, timid |
Antonyms: |
manly, strong |
| Main Entry: | recreant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfaithful |
Synonyms: |
cowardly, craven, disloyal, faithless, false, mean-spirited, pusillanimous, spiritless, untrue, yellow |