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yellow-bellied

[yel-oh-bel-eed] / ˈyɛl oʊˌbɛl id /
ADJECTIVE
chickenhearted
Synonyms
WEAK
chicken craven faint-hearted fearful lily-livered pusillanimous spineless timid yellow
ADJECTIVE
cowardly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dastardly
WEAK
afraid anxious apprehensive backward base chicken-hearted cowering cowhearted craven diffident dismayed fainthearted frightened gutless having the willies jittery lacking courage lily-livered nervous no guts panicky pigeonhearted pusillanimous recreant retiring running scared scared shrinking shy soft spineless timid timorous weak weak-kneed worthless yellow
Antonyms
WEAK
bold brave courageous daring dauntless unafraid undaunted unfearful
ADJECTIVE
craven
Synonyms
STRONGEST
mean-spirited
STRONG
chicken yellow
WEAK
cowardly dastardly fearful gutless lily-livered poltroonish pusillanimous scared timorous weak-kneed wimpish wimpy wussy
Antonyms
WEAK
bold brave courageous heroic strong
ADJECTIVE
gutless
Synonyms
WEAK
abject chicken chicken-hearted coward cowardly craven faint-hearted feeble irresolute lily-livered pusillanimous spineless submissive weak wimpy yellow
Antonyms
WEAK
bold brave courageous gutsy resolute
ADJECTIVE
nerveless
Synonyms
WEAK
afraid cowardly debilitated enervated fearful feeble nervous petrified spineless timid weak
Antonyms
WEAK
brave courageous disconcerted nervous nervy unafraid
ADJECTIVE
spineless
Synonyms
STRONG
invertebrate
WEAK
amoebalike faint-hearted fearful feeble forceless frightened gutless impotent inadequate ineffective ineffectual irresolute lily-livered nerveless pithless soft spiritless squeamish submissive timid vacillating weak weak-kneed weak-willed yellow
Antonyms
WEAK
bold brave strong
ADJECTIVE
weak-minded
Synonyms
WEAK
changeable hemming and hawing hesitant hesitating indeterminate irresolute on the fence spineless tentative uncertain undecided undetermined waffling wavering weak-kneed wishy-washy without guts

Example Sentences

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A yellow-bellied marmot shown on a trail camera in Montana.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2024

Documented examples have included California condors, Komodo dragons and yellow-bellied water snakes.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024

According to Daniel Blumstein, a conservation biologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies longevity in yellow-bellied marmots and was not involved in the new study, connecting social genes to longevity was intriguing.

From Scientific American • Jan. 31, 2023

And a yellow-bellied sea snake has migrated to the habitat.

From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2019

And I hid from it like a yellow-bellied coward, keeping my mind on figures when it wasn’t wandering back to the musical note Anemone Cordimas put at the end of my name.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye

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