spinelessadjective
uk/ˈspaɪn.ləs/us/ˈspaɪn.ləs/disapprovingA spineless person does not have much determination and is not willing to take risks:
He was, she concluded, a spineless individual.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cowardly
- bottle
- bottle out
- chicken
- chicken out
- chickenshit
- coward
- craven
- fainthearted
- gutless
- lily-livered
- pusillanimous
- timid
- timorous
- weak-kneed
- wimp
- wimp out
- yellow
spinelessly
adverb uk/ˈspaɪn.ləs.li/us/ˈspaɪn.ləs.li/
spinelessness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈspaɪn.ləs.nəs/us/ˈspaɪn.ləs.nəs/