spineless
adjective /ˈspaɪn.ləs/ disapprovingDefinition
› describes someone who does not have much determination and is not willing to take risks: He was, she concluded, a spineless individual.Cowardly spinelessly /-li/ adverb spinelessness /-nəs/ noun [U]
(Definition of spineless adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bottle out phrasal verb
- chicken adjective
- chicken out phrasal verb
- chickenshit noun, adjective
- craven adjective
- fainthearted adjective
- gutless adjective
- lily-livered adjective
- pusillanimous adjective
- timid adjective
- timorous adjective
- weak-kneed adjective
- wimp out phrasal verb
- yellow adjective (NOT BRAVE)
Topic:
Cowardly
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