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faineance |
faineancy |
faineant |
faint |
faint praise |
faint-hearted
| fainthearted
| faintheartedness
| fainting
| faintish
| faintling
faint-hearted
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective faint-hearted has 1 sense
- faint-hearted(s = adj.all) faint, fainthearted, timid - lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"
CIDE DICTIONARY
faint-hearted, a.
Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. [1913 Webster]
"Fear not, neither be faint-hearted."
THESAURUS
faint-hearted
afraid, chicken, cowardly, diffident, faint, feckless, feeble, frightened, ineffectual, irresolute, lily-livered, puny, pusillanimous, scared, shy, timid, timorous, weak, white-livered
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