Synonyms for lily-livered
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Chicken — cowardly, lacking courage
chicken, cowardly, yellow, fearful, craven, chicken-hearted, spineless, gutless, yellow-bellied, timid, dastardly, white-livered dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Cowardly, lacking courage.
Ho! Then you do your best, Lillie. No one could call you lily-livered!
Example sentences
- yellow The big, yellow bus came hurtling down the street.
- chicken A nice roast chicken is one of my favorite dishes.
- fearful “People are very fearful of the virus,” he added.
- cowardly Grr! Avoid not, unwelcome evil and cowardly beast!
By length
- 5 letters
- timid2
- 6 letters
- yellow2, craven2
- 7 letters
- chicken2, fearful2, gutless2
- 8 letters
- cowardly3
- 9 letters
- spineless2, dastardly3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (timid2 = 2 syllables).