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单词 chicken-livered
释义

chicken-livered

adjective

chick·​en-liv·​ered ˈchi-kən-ˌli-vərd How to pronounce chicken-livered (audio)
: fainthearted, cowardly

Synonyms

  • chicken
  • chickenhearted
  • cowardly
  • craven
  • dastardly
  • gutless
  • lily-livered
  • milk-livered [archaic]
  • poltroon
  • pusillanimous
  • recreant
  • spineless
  • unheroic
  • yellow
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Word History

First Known Use

1804, in the meaning defined above

chicken-livered

adjective

as in milk-livered
having or showing a shameful lack of courage a chicken-livered newspaper editor who has been afraid to take on the town's powerful business elite

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • milk-livered
  • afraid
  • scared
  • yellow
  • frightened
  • chicken
  • careful
  • pusillanimous
  • chickenhearted
  • craven
  • unheroic
  • poltroon
  • gutless
  • cowardly
  • spineless
  • dastardly
  • recreant
  • lily-livered
  • timid
  • fearful
  • cautious
  • weak
  • diffident
  • timorous
  • feeble
  • wary
  • fainthearted
  • bashful
  • coy
  • shy
  • unmanly
  • soft

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • heroic
  • courageous
  • brave
  • daring
  • hardy
  • intrepid
  • stout
  • gallant
  • valiant
  • stalwart
  • dauntless
  • valorous
  • gutsy
  • bold
  • greathearted
  • brazen
  • fearless
  • cheeky
  • heroical
  • nervy
  • audacious
  • spirited
  • lionhearted
  • doughty
  • stouthearted
  • spunky
  • determined
  • plucky
  • resolute
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