pusillanimity
71yellow streak — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Slang. Ignoble lack of courage: chickenheart edness, cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness, dastardliness, faint heartedness, funk, pusillanimity, unmanliness. Slang: gutlessness, yellowness. See FEAR …
72yellowness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Slang. Ignoble lack of courage: chickenheart edness, cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness, dastardliness, faint heartedness, funk, pusillanimity, unmanliness. Slang: gutlessness, yellow streak. See FEAR …
73Cowardice — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Excess of fear. < N PARAG:Cowardice >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 cowardice cowardice pusillanimity Sgm: N 1 cowardliness cowardliness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 timidity timidity effeminacy GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 …
74pusillanimous — pu|sil|lan|i|mous [ˌpju:sıˈlænıməs] adj formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Late Latin; Origin: pusillanimis, from Latin pusillus very small + animus spirit ] frightened of taking even small risks = ↑cowardly >pusillanimity [ˌpju:sıləˈnımıti] n [U] …
75pusillanimous — late 14c. (implied in pusillanimity), from L.L. pusillanimis having little courage (used in Church L. to translate Gk. oligopsychos small souled ), from L. pusillis very weak, little (dim. of pullus young animal; see FOAL (Cf. foal) (n.)) +… …
76pusillanimous — [ˌpju:sɪ lanɪməs] adjective lacking courage or determination; timid. Derivatives pusillanimity lə nɪmɪti noun pusillanimously adverb Origin ME: from eccles. L. pusillanimis, from pusillus very small + animus mind , + ous …
77cowardice — n. Pusillanimity, poltroonery, timidity, fear, cowardliness, the white feather …
78recreancy — n. Dastardliness, cowardice, pusillanimity, mean spiritedness …
79silkiness — n. 1. Smoothness, softness. 2. Effeminacy, pusillanimity …
80timidity — n. 1. Timorousness, fearfulness, skittishness, shyness, cowardice, pusillanimity, want of courage, timidness. 2. Diffidence, bashfulness, coyness, sheepishness, shamefacedness …
