gutless

[guht-lis] / ˈgʌt lɪs /

ADJECTIVE

timid

Synonyms

WEAK

abject chicken chicken-hearted coward cowardly craven faint-hearted feeble irresolute lily-livered pusillanimous spineless submissive weak wimpy yellow yellow-bellied

Antonyms

WEAK

bold brave courageous gutsy resolute

Example Sentences

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Taix was where I watched the heroic Zinedine Zidane headbutt the gutless Marco Materazzi in the saddest World Cup final ever.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

I have been a bit gutless with City recently and have backed them to win games like this against the teams around them in the table - like last week against Forest for example.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2025

I respect your choice, yet it was rude, mean and gutless.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2023

Michelle Goldberg writes that Romney is taking the gutless way out:

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2023

Call me gutless, but what I was looking for this time around was a comfortable correspondence between income and rent, a few mild adventures, a soft landing.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

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