fainthearted

faint·heart·ed

adjective \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

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