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faint-hearted adjective [ ˌfeɪntˈhɑːtɪd ]

• lacking courage; timid.
• "they were feeling faint-hearted at the prospect of war"
Similar: timid, timorous, nervous, easily scared, easily frightened, scared, fearful, afraid, trembling, quaking, cowering, daunted, cowardly, craven, spiritless, spineless, pusillanimous, weak, weak-willed, unmanly, lily-livered, pigeon-hearted, weak-kneed, weakling, nervy, feart, soft, jumpy, jittery, chicken, chicken-hearted, chicken-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied, gutless, sissy, wimpy, wimpish, wet, spooked, candy-assed, recreant, poor-spirited, funky, chickenshit,
Opposite: bold, brave,


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