pusillanimous

Lacking courage; cowardly.

Lacking strength and firmness of mind; wanting in courage and fortitude; being of weak courage; faint-hearted; mean-spirited; cowardly.

Proceeding from lack of courage; indicating timidity.

Synonyms Poltroon, Dastard, etc. See coward.

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Weak, feeble, timorous, spiritless, effeminate, dastardly.

Destitute of a manly or courageous strength and firmness of mind; of weak spirit; mean-spirited; spiritless; cowardly; — said of persons, .

Evincing, or characterized by, weakness of mind, and want of courage; feeble.

Showing ignoble cowardice, or contemptible timidity

lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful