Chicken
Chicken noun - A person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger.
Usage example: a staunch hawk during the drumbeat for war, he proved to be a chicken when it came to actually fighting it
Nearby Words: chick, chickening, chickened
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Weakling and Chicken. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/chicken/weakling
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Weakling or Chicken. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/chicken/weakling.
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