fainthearted

faint·heart·ed

adj \ˈfānt-ˈhär-təd\

Definition of FAINTHEARTED

: lacking courage or resolution : timid

— faint·heart·ed·ly adverb

— faint·heart·ed·ness noun

Examples of FAINTHEARTED

1. She gave him a fainthearted response.
2. <the sport of river rafting is not for those who are fainthearted>

First Known Use of FAINTHEARTED

15th century

Related to FAINTHEARTED

Synonyms: shy, fearful, fearsome, mousy (or mousey), scary, skittish, timid, timorous, tremulous

Antonyms: adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, daring, dashing, gutsy, hardy, venturesome, venturous

Related Words: chicken, chickenhearted, chicken-livered, cowardly, craven, dastardly, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered [archaic], poltroon, pusillanimous, spineless, unheroic, yellow; jittery, jumpy, spooky; anxious, apprehensive, nervous; afraid, alarmed, horrified, panicked, panicky, panic-stricken, scared, shocked, spooked, startled, terrified, terrorized, unnerved

Near Antonyms: brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, undaunted, valiant, valorous; assured, confident, self-assured, self-confident; determined, firm, game, plucky, resolute, undeterred, unflinching, unswerving; mettlesome, spirited, spunky

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Rhymes with FAINTHEARTED

bighearted, coldhearted, departed, downhearted, freehearted, good-hearted, greathearted, halfhearted, hard-hearted, ironhearted, kindhearted, largehearted, lighthearted, proudhearted, softhearted, stouthearted, truehearted, uncharted, warmhearted, weakhearted, wholehearted