FAINT-HEARTED Synonyms
There is 0 hypernym of the word faint-hearted. (close relations)
faint
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| timid | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • showing fear and lack of confidence • lacking self-confidence noun • people who are fearful and cautious adjective satellite • lacking conviction or boldness or courage | ||||||
| apprehensive | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • quick to understand • mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc • in fear or dread of possible evil or harm | ||||||
| cowardly | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted | ||||||
| fearful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted adjective satellite • experiencing or showing fear • causing fear or dread or terror • extremely distressing • timid by nature or revealing timidity | ||||||
| feeble | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness • lacking strength or vigor • lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality • lacking strength | ||||||
| lily-livered | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • easily frightened | ||||||
| nervous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • of or relating to the nervous system adjective satellite • easily agitated • causing or fraught with or showing anxiety • excited in anticipation • unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) | ||||||
| pusillanimous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful | ||||||
| shaky | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • inclined to shake as from weakness or defect • vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze • not secure; beset with difficulties | ||||||
| spineless | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • lacking a backbone or spinal column • lacking spiny processes • lacking courage or vitality adjective satellite • lacking thorns | ||||||
| timorous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • timid by nature or revealing timidity | ||||||
| weak | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • wanting in physical strength adjective satellite • overly diluted; thin and insipid • (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress • wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings • tending downward in price • deficient or lacking in some skill • lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality • (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection • not having authority, political strength, or governing power • deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc • likely to fail under stress or pressure • deficient in intelligence or mental power | ||||||
| wimpy | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • weak and ineffectual | ||||||
| yellow-bellied | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • easily frightened | ||||||
| faint | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
noun • a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain adjective satellite • deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc • lacking clarity or distinctness • lacking strength or vigor • weak and likely to lose consciousness • indistinctly understood or felt or perceived • lacking conviction or boldness or courage verb • pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain | ||||||
| fainthearted | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • lacking conviction or boldness or courage | ||||||
