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
Shy and chicken-livered are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shy" instead an adjective phrase "Chicken-livered".
Shy
Shy adjective - Easily frightened.
Usage example: a shy cat who hid under the bed every time she heard any loud noise
Chicken-livered and shy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chicken-livered" instead an adjective "Shy".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- cowardly and chicken-livered
- cowardly and shy
- careful and chicken-livered
- careful and shy
- bashful and chicken-livered
- bashful and shy
- timid and chicken-livered
- timid and shy
- cautious and chicken-livered
- cautious and shy
- fearful and chicken-livered
- fearful and shy
- tremulous and chicken-livered
- tremulous and shy
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