pusillanimous
adjective
[ ˌpjuːsɪˈlanɪməs ]
• showing a lack of courage or determination; timid.
Similar:
cowardly,
timorous,
timid,
fearful,
faint-hearted,
lily-livered,
chicken-hearted,
pigeon-hearted,
spineless,
craven,
base,
shrinking,
trembling,
quaking,
cowering,
weak-kneed,
wimpish,
sissy,
yellow,
yellow-bellied,
chicken,
gutless,
poor-spirited,
recreant,
Origin:
late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin pusillanimis (translating Greek oligopsukhos ), from pusillus ‘very small’ + animus ‘mind’, + -ous.
