weakhearted

adjective

Definition of weakheartednext
as in poor-spirited

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weakhearted
  1. yellow
  2. pusillanimous
  3. craven
  4. cowardly
  5. unheroic
  6. fainthearted
  7. dastardly
  8. timid
Adjective
  • The look features bright coral eyeshadow covering the eyelid, a fuchsia shade in the crease, and a swipe of fluorescent yellow eyeliner on the outside half of the eye and right under the brow.
    Andrea Park, Teen Vogue, 20 July 2017
  • Three prominent Austin chefs teamed up with the Youngblood family to build a new restaurant from scratch that looks like a legacy chicken dinner house, down to the bright blue-and-yellow colors and the helpings of hot yeast rolls with honey.
    Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 19 July 2017
Definition of yellow
Adjective
  • Mark Kelly Americans who are rightfully appalled by the pusillanimous response to anti-Semitism on college campuses have been pulling their donations and calling for restrictions on anti-Israel student groups.
    Arthur Levitt, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Those clumsy tales revealed Chazelle’s pusillanimous career ambitions.
    Armond White, National Review, 13 Jan. 2023
Definition of pusillanimous
Adjective
  • Kyle Beach’s courage and humanity is in sharp contrast with the craven men who failed him (Photo: Jonathan Daniel / Getty Images) Get all-access to exclusive stories.
    Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 24 July 2024
  • Since then, Trump has regularly lobbed attacks at the military and its top leaders, accusing them of being politically craven and operationally incompetent.
    Ronald R. Krebs, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2021
Definition of craven
Adjective
  • During an interview on the debut episode of Sean with Sean Hannity on Tuesday, December 3, the actor admitted that sending a breakup letter to now-wife Jennifer Flavin via FedEx in 1994 was a cowardly move.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Build Hagrid’s hut, play as the cowardly dog Fang, and help the famous trio find out what Draco Malfoy is up to.
    Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of cowardly
Adjective
  • That larger significance is remarkably unheroic and fatalistic.
    Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
  • In the world of The Boys, based on the gleefully scabrous 2000s indie comic-book series of the same name by writer Garth Ennis and artist Darick Robertson, superheroes are real, pop-culture-dominating, and with rare exceptions, entirely unheroic.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2024
Definition of unheroic
Adjective
  • The results are not for the fainthearted, as very thick, dry skin tends to peel off in layers.
    Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 30 May 2024
  • This film is not for the fainthearted or weak-stomached.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 June 2021
Definition of fainthearted
Adjective
  • LifeLock’s Home Title Monitoring warns of several variations of that dastardly attack.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
  • If the evildoers weren’t readily allowed access to the AI, the barrier to their dastardly ways would be stiffened.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of dastardly
Adjective
  • The prologue might end with a paroxysm of violence, but first there are a few timid whimpers of nascent pleasure; Bill Skarsgård’s base and primal Count Orlok is a nightmare who arrives on the wings of a nocturnal emission.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Unexpectedly, the timid Noa takes his brother’s side, wrapping a scarf around his uncle’s neck.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of timid
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