PUSILLANIMOUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful

Synonyms:

poor-spirited; pusillanimous; unmanly

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Adjectives

Similar:

cowardly; fearful (lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted)

Derivation:

pusillanimity; pusillanimousness (contemptible fearfulness)

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