chickenhearted

Adjective

Synonyms: chicken lily-livered white-livered yellow yellow-bellied

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

easily frightenedSynonyms: chicken lily-livered white-livered yellow yellow-bellied

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

chickenhearted \chickenhearted\, Chicken-hearted \Chick"en-heart`ed\, a. Timid; fearful; cowardly; easily frightened. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]

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