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faint-heartedness
noun as in chickenheartedness
noun as in cowardliness
noun as in cravenness
noun as in dastardliness
noun as in gutlessness
noun as in pusillanimity
noun as in unmanliness
Example Sentences
With what tenderness did she rally my drooping spirits; how gently did she chide my faint-heartedness!
"She played, and lost her forfeit," said Don, unwilling to be jeered at by the others for faint-heartedness.
Able generals replaced those who, through treachery or faint-heartedness, had surrendered the fortresses.
Every doubt of this truth argues faint-heartedness bordering on atheism.
She would still think of him as pining in some dungeon, and would consider that I had given up the search from faint heartedness.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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