faint-hearted

See also: fainthearted

English

Alternative forms

faint-heart (archaic)

Etymology

From faint +‎ hearted.

Adjective

faint-hearted (comparative more faint-hearted, superlative most faint-hearted)

Lacking courage; timid

Derived terms

Related terms

faint of heart

Translations

lacking courage, timid

Chinese:
Mandarin: 膽怯 (zh), 胆怯 (zh) (dǎnqiè), 無勇氣的, 无勇气的 (wú yǒngqì de)
French: timoré (fr)
German: zaghaft (de), feige (de), mutlos (de), schüchtern (de)
Hungarian: nyúlszívű (hu)
Japanese: 勇気のない (ja) (ゆうきのない, yūki no nai)

Kyrgyz: коркок (ky) (korkok), жүрөгү жок (ky) (cürögü cok)
Manx: faase-chreeagh
Maori: harotu, hōpīpī, hopī
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forknytt (no)
Russian: малоду́шный (ru) (malodúšnyj), трусли́вый (ru) (truslívyj), ро́бкий (ru) (róbkij), боязли́вый (ru) (bojazlívyj)

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