Chickenhearted
Chickenhearted adjective - Having or showing a shameful lack of courage.
Usage example: too chickenhearted to speak up, even though she knew a terrible injustice was being committed
Diffident and chickenhearted are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Diffident" instead an adjective "Chickenhearted".
Diffident
Diffident adjective - Not comfortable around people.
Chickenhearted and diffident are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chickenhearted" instead an adjective "Diffident".
Nearby Words: diffidence, diffidently
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- cowardly and chickenhearted
- cowardly and diffident
- nervous and chickenhearted
- nervous and diffident
- hesitant and chickenhearted
- hesitant and diffident
- chicken and chickenhearted
- chicken and diffident
- shy and chickenhearted
- shy and diffident
- bashful and chickenhearted
- bashful and diffident
- timid and chickenhearted
- timid and diffident
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