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milk-livered

adjective , archaic

Synonyms and Antonyms of milk-livered

having or showing a shameful lack of courage

vented his spleen at those milk-livered men who refused to fight for king and country

Synonyms of milk-livered

chicken, chicken-livered, chickenhearted, cowardly, craven, dastardly, gutless, lily-livered, poltroon, pusillanimous, recreant, spineless, unheroic, yellow

Words Related to milk-livered

diffident, fainthearted, fearful, timid, timorous

afraid, frightened, scared

careful, cautious, wary

bashful, coy, shy

feeble, soft, unmanly, weak

Near Antonyms of milk-livered

audacious, bold, brazen, cheeky, nervy

plucky, spirited, spunky

determined, resolute

Antonyms of milk-livered

brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, gutsy, hardy, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, valiant, valorous

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