as in cowards
a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger
a staunch hawk during the drumbeat for war, he proved to be a chicken when it came to actually fighting it
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Recent Examples of chickens
Its spacious capacity accommodates all the way from family meals, roasts, and whole chickens, to bagels, all cooked to exact precision.
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Matt Emma, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
By comparison, Shari Redstone was never able to execute any strategic sale of Paramount assets before the media chickens came to roost.
—Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Other people use it as a dog feeder, while one shopper relies on it to feed chickens.
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Luckily for the director, his friend and animal trainer Árpád Halász had extensive experience with chickens, which are the first animals trainers need to deal with during their learning.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
The filmmaker trained with several live chickens in order to achieve his new feature.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
This enclosed back segment of the property could work for raising chickens and other small farm animals —away from the main house.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Jimmy Novy grew up on a farm with corn, cattle and chickens in Wisconsin’s smallest municipality.
—Tom Kertscher, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
If the ban is one day lifted city-wide, individual homeowners associations would still be able to stop its residents from keeping backyard chickens, but homeowners associations cannot allow them if the city keeps the ban in place, city legal staff have previously said.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
Matt Emma, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
By comparison, Shari Redstone was never able to execute any strategic sale of Paramount assets before the media chickens came to roost.
—Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Other people use it as a dog feeder, while one shopper relies on it to feed chickens.
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Luckily for the director, his friend and animal trainer Árpád Halász had extensive experience with chickens, which are the first animals trainers need to deal with during their learning.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
The filmmaker trained with several live chickens in order to achieve his new feature.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
This enclosed back segment of the property could work for raising chickens and other small farm animals —away from the main house.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Jimmy Novy grew up on a farm with corn, cattle and chickens in Wisconsin’s smallest municipality.
—Tom Kertscher, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
If the ban is one day lifted city-wide, individual homeowners associations would still be able to stop its residents from keeping backyard chickens, but homeowners associations cannot allow them if the city keeps the ban in place, city legal staff have previously said.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chickens
cowards
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But Democrats look like cowards for fleeing the state.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Chickens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chickens. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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