pusillanimous

Speech parts

1. pusillanimous - Adjective

2. pusillanimous - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

weak cowardly timid feeble dastardly fainthearted poor-spirited unmanly craven meek chicken coward yellow soft nervous
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Antonyms

hardy doughty dauntless gallant valiant based
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Related terms

pusillanimity pusillanimously pusillanimousness

Examples

Euphemism in the workplace does not end with job descriptions. It reaches a pusillanimous peak at the other end of the work process - in dismissal. Nigel Rees

Somewhere deep down we know that in the final analysis we do decide things and that even our decisions to let someone else decide are really our decisions, however pusillanimous. Harvey Cox

Close letter words and terms

pusil pusilanimous pusillanimity pusillanimously pusillanimousness Puskar