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41chickenheartedness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Ignoble lack of courage: cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness, dastardliness, faintheartedness, funk, pusillanimity, unmanliness. Slang: gutlessness, yellowness, yellow streak. See FEAR …
42cowardliness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Ignoble lack of courage: chickenheartedness, cowardice, cravenness, dastardliness, faintheartedness, funk, pusillanimity, unmanliness. Slang: gutlessness, yellowness, yellow streak. See FEAR …
43cravenness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Ignoble lack of courage: chickenheartedness, cowardice, cowardliness, dastardliness, faintheartedness, funk, pusillanimity, unmanhness. Slang: gutlessness, yellowness, yellow streak. See FEAR …
44dastardliness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Ignoble lack of courage: chickenheartedness, cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness, faintheartedness, funk, pusillanimity, unmanliness. Slang: gutlessness, yellowness, yellow streak. See FEAR …
45faint-hearted — mid 15c., from FAINT (Cf. faint) (adj.) + HEARTED (Cf. hearted). Related: Faintheartedly; faintheartedness …
46pusillanimity — n. Cowardice, cowardliness, timidity, poltroonery, recreancy, dastardliness, meanspiritedness, pusillanimousness, effeminacy, faintheartedness, fear …
47wince — 1. verb he winced at the pain Syn: grimace, make a face, flinch, blanch, start 2. noun a wince of pain Syn: grimace, flinch, start •• wince, cower, cringe, flinch, recoil The same individual might wince when receiving a flu shot, flinch from a… …
48grit — n *fortitude, pluck, backbone, guts, sand Analogous words: *courage, resolution, tenacity, mettle, spirit Antonyms: faintheartedness Contrasted words: timorousness, timidity (see corresponding adjectives at TIMID): vacillation, faltering,… …
49insecurity — n 1. instability, weakness, frailty, pre cariousness, danger, jeopardy, hazard, peril, risk, riskiness, chancefulness, chanciness. 2. vulnerability, susceptibility, assailableness, defense lessness; exposure, openness to attack, imperilment. 3.… …
50irresolution — n 1. infirmity, vacillation, indecision, indecisiveness, uncertainty, doubt, dubiety; hesitancy, hesitance, tergiversation, changeableness, irre soluteness, fickleness, wishy washiness; inconstancy, instability, variability, unsteadiness,… …
