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
Frightened and chicken-livered are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Frightened" instead an adjective phrase "Chicken-livered".
Frightened
Frightened adjective - Filled with fear or dread.
Chicken-livered and frightened are semantically related. You can use "Chicken-livered" instead an adjective "Frightened".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- cowardly and chicken-livered
- cowardly and frightened
- chicken and chicken-livered
- chicken and frightened
- craven and chicken-livered
- craven and frightened
- shy and chicken-livered
- shy and frightened
- timid and chicken-livered
- timid and frightened
- jumpy and chicken-livered
- jumpy and frightened
- fearful and chicken-livered
- fearful and frightened
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