Chicken-livered
Chicken-livered adjective - Having or showing a shameful lack of courage.
Usage example: a chicken-livered newspaper editor who has been afraid to take on the town's powerful business elite
Coy and chicken-livered are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Coy" instead an adjective phrase "Chicken-livered".
Coy
Coy adjective - Affecting shyness or modesty in order to attract masculine interest.
Chicken-livered and coy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chicken-livered" instead an adjective "Coy".
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Coy and Chicken-livered. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/chicken-livered/coy
Chicken-livered & Coy. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/chicken-livered/coy>.
Coy or Chicken-livered. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/chicken-livered/coy.
