| 单词 | faint hearted |
| 释义 | (adjective) Definition lacking courage and confidence The voters may be ready to punish the politicians who devised a faint-hearted solidarity pact. Synonyms timid A timid child, she had learnt obedience at an early age. weak a clash between a weak minister and a domineering civil servant cowardly I was too cowardly to complain. diffident The new employee was diffident and reserved in meetings. spineless bureaucrats and spineless politicians boneless timorous (literary) He is a reclusive, timorous creature. irresolute They launched the attack for fear of seeming irresolute. half-arsed (British, slang) chickenshit (US, slang) half-assed (US, Canadian, slang) half-hearted yellow (informal) You yellow dogs! Opposites brave , daring , bold , courageous , fearless , audacious , intrepid , plucky , dauntless , stouthearted , game (informal) Additional synonymsin the sense of cowardly I was too cowardly to complain. Synonyms faint-hearted, scared, spineless, gutless (informal), base, soft, yellow (informal), weak, chicken (slang), shrinking, fearful, craven, abject, dastardly (old-fashioned), boneless, timorous (literary), weak-kneed (informal), pusillanimous, chickenshit (US, slang), recreant (archaic), caitiff (archaic), chicken-hearted, lily-livered (old-fashioned), white-livered, sookie (New Zealand) in the sense of diffident Definition lacking self-confidence The new employee was diffident and reserved in meetings. Synonyms shy, reserved, withdrawn, reluctant, modest, shrinking, doubtful, backward, unsure, insecure, constrained, timid, self-conscious, hesitant, meek, unassuming, unobtrusive, self-effacing, sheepish, aw-shucks, bashful, timorous (literary), unassertivein the sense of irresolute Definition unable to make decisions They launched the attack for fear of seeming irresolute. Synonyms indecisive, weak, hesitating, doubtful, unsettled, unstable, tentative, wavering, hesitant, undecided, fickle, unsteady, infirm, vacillating, in two minds, undetermined, half-arsed (British, slang), half-assed (US, Canadian, slang), half-heartedNearby words of |
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