Synonyms for fainthearted
- afraid
- cowardly
- cowed
- cowering
- fearful
- frightened
- gutless
- having cold feet
- intimidated
- lily-livered
- meek
- mousy
- spineless
- unassertive
- weak
- wimpy
- yellow
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fearful
adjective. alarmed, apprehensive
- aflutter
- afraid
- aghast
- agitated
- anxious
- chicken
- chickenhearted
- diffident
- discomposed
- disquieted
- disturbed
- fainthearted
- frightened
- goose-bumpy
- have cold feet
- hesitant
- in a dither
- intimidated
- jittery
- jumpy
- lily-livered
- mousy
- nerveless
- nervous
- nervy
- panicky
- perturbed
- phobic
- pusillanimous
- quivery
- rabbity
- running scared
- scared
- shaky
- sheepish
- shrinking
- shy
- skittish
- solicitous
- spineless
- tense
- timid
- timorous
- tremulous
- uneasy
- unmanly
- weak-kneed
- worried
- yellow
lily-livered
adjective. cowardly
timid
adjective. shy
- Milquetoast
- afraid
- ambivalent
- apprehensive
- badgered
- bashful
- browbeaten
- bullied
- capricious
- cowardly
- cowed
- cowering
- coy
- daunted
- demure
- diffident
- fainthearted
- fearful
- feeble
- frightened
- gentle
- having cold feet
- humble
- intimidated
- irresolute
- modest
- mousy
- nervous
- pusillanimous
- retiring
- shaky
- shrinking
- soft
- spineless
- spiritless
- submissive
- timorous
- trembling
- unassertive
- unassured
- unnerved
- vacillating
- wavering
- weak
- yellow
timorous
adjective. afraid
unmanly
adjective. weak
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