faint-hearted
English Vietnamese dictionary
faint-hearted /'feint'hɑ:tid/
- tính từ
- nhút nhát, nhát gan
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
lacking confidence and not brave; afraid of failing
Synonym: COWARDLY
He tried not to appear faint-hearted.
the faint-hearted noun [pl.]: The climb is not for the faint-hearted (= people who are not brave).
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 cowardly, timorous, afraid, frightened, scared, faint, lily-livered, white-livered, pusillanimous; timid, shy, diffident; Colloq yellow(-bellied), chicken-hearted, chicken-livered, chicken:
He's too faint-hearted to ask her to marry him.
2 irresolute, weak, ineffectual, feeble, puny, feckless:
She made only a faint-hearted attempt at reconciliation.
