chickenheartedness


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chick·en-heart·ed

(chĭk′ən-här′tĭd)
adj.
Lacking courage; cowardly.
chick′en·heart′ed·ness n.
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chickenheartedness

noun
Ignoble lack of courage:
cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness, dastardliness, faint-heartedness, funk, pusillanimity, unmanliness.
Slang: gutlessness, yellowness, yellow streak.
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