faintheartedadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˌfeɪntˈhɑː.tɪd/us/ˌfeɪntˈhɑːr.t̬ɪd/Someone who is fainthearted is not confident or brave and dislikes taking unnecessary risks:
He deals with subjects more fainthearted filmmakers would stay away from.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cowardly
- bottle
- bottle out
- chicken
- chicken out
- chickenshit
- coward
- craven
- gutless
- lily-livered
- pusillanimous
- spineless
- timid
- timorous
- weak-kneed
- wimp
- wimp out
- yellow
faintheartednoun [ plural ]
uk/ˌfeɪntˈhɑː.tɪd/us/ˌfeɪntˈhɑːr.t̬ɪd/the fainthearted
people who are not brave:
The drive along the winding coast road is not for the fainthearted.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Heroes and cowards
- a big/great girl's blouse idiom
- adventurer
- baby
- candy-ass
- chicken
- cur
- daredevil
- fallen idol
- folk hero
- girl
- heroine
- idol
- knight errant
- marshmallow
- pantheon
- sissy
- sook
- superhero
- wimp
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