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Synonyms & 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
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Antonyms for 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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The first known use of milk-livered was in 1606
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