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faint-hearted definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady" [syn: faint, fainthearted, timid, faint-hearted]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also fainthearted 1. If you describe someone or their behaviour as faint-hearted, you mean that they are not very confident and do not take strong action because they are afraid of failing. This is no time to be faint-hearted... ADJ 2. If you say that something is not for the faint-hearted, you mean that it is an extreme or very unusual example of its kind, and is not suitable for people who like only safe and familiar things. It's a film about a serial killer and not for the faint-hearted. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Timid, timorous, fearful, cowardly, dastardly, faint.

Moby Thesaurus

afraid, chicken, cowardly, diffident, faint, feckless, feeble, frightened, ineffectual, irresolute, lily-livered, puny, pusillanimous, scared, shy, timid, timorous, weak, white-livered