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weak-kneed
adjective as in cowardly
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Weak matches
- afraid
- anxious
- apprehensive
- backward
- base
- chicken-hearted
- cowering
- cowhearted
- craven
- diffident
- dismayed
- fainthearted
- frightened
- gutless
- having the willies
- jittery
- lacking courage
- lily-livered
- nervous
- no guts
- panicky
- pigeonhearted
- pusillanimous
- recreant
- retiring
- running scared
- scared
- shrinking
- shy
- soft
- spineless
- timid
- timorous
- weak
- worthless
- yellow
- yellow-bellied
adjective as in craven
Strongest match
adjective as in dizzy
Strong matches
adjective as in docile
adjective as in fearful
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- aflutter
- aghast
- chicken
- chickenhearted
- diffident
- discomposed
- disquieted
- disturbed
- fainthearted
- goose-bumpy
- have cold feet
- in a dither
- intimidated
- jumpy
- lily-livered
- mousy
- nerveless
- nervy
- perturbed
- phobic
- pusillanimous
- quivery
- rabbity
- running scared
- shaky
- sheepish
- shrinking
- solicitous
- spineless
- timorous
- tremulous
- unmanly
- worried
- yellow
adjective as in indecisive
adjective as in irresolute
adjective as in meek
Strongest matches
adjective as in reeling
Strong matches
adjective as in slaphappy
adjective as in spineless
adjective as in thin
adjective as in weak
adjective as in weak-minded
adjective as in wishy-washy
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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