Chicken-livered
Chicken-livered adjective - Having or showing a shameful lack of courage.
Mousy and chicken-livered are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mousy" instead an adjective phrase "Chicken-livered".
Mousy
Mousy adjective - Easily frightened.
Usage example: a mousy little girl who hid behind her mother the entire time we were there
Chicken-livered and mousy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chicken-livered" instead an adjective "Mousy".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- cowardly and chicken-livered
- cowardly and mousy
- chicken and chicken-livered
- chicken and mousy
- shy and chicken-livered
- shy and mousy
- bashful and chicken-livered
- bashful and mousy
- timid and chicken-livered
- timid and mousy
- fearful and chicken-livered
- fearful and mousy
- tremulous and chicken-livered
- tremulous and mousy
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