fainthearted
[feynt-hahr-tid]
adjective
lacking courage; cowardly; timorous.
Origin of fainthearted
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Related Words for fainthearted
afraid, cowardly, fearful, frightened, gutless, intimidated, lily-livered, meek, mousy, spineless, weak, yellow, cowed, cowering, unassertive, wimpyExamples from the Web for fainthearted
Historical Examples of fainthearted
“Woe unto him that is fainthearted,” says the son of Sirach.
Self-HelpSamuel Smiles
Surely some amongst us are too fainthearted about the truth.
Rome, Turkey, and JerusalemEdward Hoare
If we are so fainthearted now what should we have been before the Reformation?
Rome, Turkey, and JerusalemEdward Hoare
I ricommend to you, trusting to God, and putting down all misgivings and fainthearted feelin's.
The DeerslayerJames Fenimore Cooper
The word rendered "fainthearted" is only used in this single passage; yet every one knows what it means.