Synonyms for chicken-hearted
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Cowardly
chicken, yellow, cowardly, timid, yellow-bellied, fearful, lily-livered, white-livered dated
2. Hen-hearted
mouse-hearted, hen-hearted dated, pigeon-hearted dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not brave; lacking courage; cowardly.
Related words
- Other spellings
- chickenhearted
Example sentences
- yellow The big, yellow bus came hurtling down the street.
- chicken A nice roast chicken is one of my favorite dishes.
- cowardly Grr! Avoid not, unwelcome evil and cowardly beast!
- timid She seems oddly shy and timid for a press officer.
By length
- 5 letters
- timid2
- 6 letters
- yellow2
- 7 letters
- chicken2, fearful2
- 8 letters
- cowardly3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (timid2 = 2 syllables).