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Synonyms for pusillanimous

13 synonyms
4 antonyms

adjective

Most common

chicken fearful faint-hearted cowardly

All synonyms

Adjective

cowardly, fearful, chicken, faint-hearted, timid, craven, spineless, dastardly, poor-spirited, gutless, unmanly, recreant, timorous

Antonyms

brave, lion-hearted, valiant

All antonyms of pusillanimous →

Definitions

adj. 1
Showing ignoble cowardice, or contemptible timidity.
The soldier deserted his troop in a pusillanimous manner.

Example sentences

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!

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
pusillanimous		steady
chicken		rising
fearful		rising
cowardly		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters: timid²
6 letters: craven²
7 letters: chicken², fearful², gutless², unmanly
8 letters: cowardly³, timorous³, recreant
9 letters: spineless², dastardly³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (timid² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: pusillanime
Italiano: pusillanime
Español: pusilánime
Deutsch: kleinmütig