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gut·less

(gŭt′lĭs)

adj. Slang

1. Lacking courage or drive.

2. Lacking substance; weak or insignificant.

gut′less·ness n.

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gutless

(ˈɡʌtlɪs)

adj

informal lacking courage or determination

ˈgutlessness n

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gut•less

(ˈgʌt lɪs)

adj.

lacking courage, substance, or vigor; weak or cowardly.

[1910–15]

gut′less•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	gutless - lacking courage or vitality; "he was a yellow gutless worm"; "a spineless craven fellow" gutsy, plucky - marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist; "a gutsy red wine"
	2.	gutless - weak in willpower, courage or vitality namby-pamby, spineless, wishy-washy weak - wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar"

gutless

adjective faint-hearted, weak, cowardly, chicken (slang), craven, feeble, timid, abject, submissive, spineless, boneless, irresolute, chickenshit (U.S. slang), lily-livered By attacking his wife, he has proved himself to be a gutless coward.
brave, bold, courageous, resolute

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gutless

adjective

Slang. Ignobly lacking in courage:

chickenhearted, cowardly, craven, dastardly, faint-hearted, lily-livered, pusillanimous, unmanly.

Slang: chicken, yellow, yellow-bellied.

Translations

feige

vigliacco

gutless

[ˈgʌtlɪs] ADJ → cobarde, sin agallas

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

gutless

[ˈgʌtləs] adj (= cowardly) → qui a les foies blancsgut reaction n → réaction f instinctive

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

gutless

adj (fig inf) → feige

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

gutless

[ˈgʌtlɪs] adj (fam) → vigliacco/a, che non ha fegato

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