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
Wary and chicken-livered are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wary" instead an adjective phrase "Chicken-livered".
Wary
Wary adjective - Having or showing a close attentiveness to avoiding danger or trouble.
Chicken-livered and wary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chicken-livered" instead an adjective "Wary".
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