What is another word for pusillanimous?
Pronunciation:
[ pjˌuːsɪlˈanɪməs], [ pjˌuːsɪlˈanɪməs], [ p_j_ˌuː_s_ɪ_l_ˈa_n_ɪ_m_ə_s]
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Similar words for pusillanimous:
- cowardly (adjective)
- craven (adjective)
- dastardly (adjective)
- fearful (adjective)
- gutless (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- recreant (adjective)
- timid (adjective)
- unmanly (adjective)
- yellow (adjective)
- cowardly (noun)
- poor-spirited (noun)
- pusillanimous (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Pusillanimous:
adj.
• cowardly (adjective)- having the willies,
- lacking courage,
- Cowhearted,
- no guts,
- shrinking,
- running scared,
- softer,
- pigeonhearted,
- weak-kneed,
- Chicken-hearted.
- mean spirited,
- most chicken,
- most poltroonish,
- most wimpish,
- wussiest,
- wussier,
- wimpier,
- more poltroonish,
- more chicken,
- wimpiest,
- more wimpish.
- faint hearted,
- most coward,
- more faint hearted,
- most faint hearted,
- most faint-hearted,
- more coward,
- more faint-hearted,
- sub missive.
- gutless,
- meanspirited,
- wussy,
- dastardly,
- recreant,
- Poltroonish,
- timid,
- craven,
- faint-hearted,
- unassertive,
- wimpy,
- fearful,
- wimpish,
- unassured.
- more trembling,
- more badgered,
- most unassured,
- most daunted,
- more milquetoast,
- most cowed,
- more unassertive,
- most badgered,
- un assured,
- un-nerved,
- having cold feet,
- more bullied,
- un-assertive,
- more browbeaten,
- co-wed,
- most bullied,
- most trembling,
- more unassured,
- most browbeaten,
- most unnerved,
- most milquetoast,
- un nerved,
- de-mure,
- unnerved,
- un assertive,
- de mure,
- co wed,
- more daunted,
- un-assured,
- more unnerved,
- more cowed.
n.
• cowardly (noun) • poor-spirited (noun) • pusillanimous (noun)Other synonyms:
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•
- effete.
- impotent,
- intimidated,
- frightened,
- terrified,
- diffident,
- unmanlike,
- Fiendly,
- chicken-livered,
- ungallant,
- submissive,
- spiritless,
- ineffective,
- unheroic,
- under control,
- caitiff,
- shy,
- incompetent,
- mousey,
- under thumb,
- bashful,
- unwilling,
- namby-pamby,
- compliant,
- jumpy,
- nervous,
- spineless,
- white-livered,
- on edge,
- coy,
- pliant,
- scared,
- mousy,
- sheepish,
- poltroon,
- panicky,
- hesitant,
- Milk-livered,
- base,
- irresolute,
- meek,
- Vitelline,
- retiring,
- anxious,
- tremulous,
- tractable,
- dastard,
- subdued,
- ineffectual,
- modest,
- inept,
- unmanful,
- faint,
- mild,
- feckless,
- panic-stricken,
- weak,
- apprehensive,
- suppressed,
- squeamish,
- jittery,
- wishy-washy,
- fainthearted,
- edgy.
How to use "Pusillanimous" in context?
The word "pusillanimous" means cowardly or timorous. A person who is pusillanimous is timid and indecisive, and may be unwilling to fight or to stand up for themselves. This trait can be traced back to the Latin word "pusillus," meaning little or smaller.
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