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faint-hearted

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faint-heart·ed (fnthärtd)
adj.
Deficient in conviction or courage; timid.
faint-hearted·ly adv.
faint-hearted·ness n.
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Adj.1.faint-hearted - lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"
fainthearted, timid, faint
cowardly, fearful - lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley
faint-hearted
adjective timid, weak, cowardly, diffident, spineless, boneless, timorous, irresolute, half-arsed (Brit. slang), chickenshit (U.S. slang), half-assed (U.S. & Canad. slang), half-hearted, yellow The voters may be ready to punish the politicians who devised a faint-hearted solidarity pact.
brave, daring, bold, courageous, fearless, audacious, intrepid, plucky, dauntless, stouthearted, game (informal)
Translations
faint-hearted
adj → zaghaft; it’s not for the faint-hearted → es ist nichts für ängstliche Gemüter or für Angsthasen (inf)
faint-hearted [ˌfeɪntˈhaːtɪd]
1. adj → pusillanime
2. npl the faint-hearted → tipi impressionabili
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To those believers shall he who is of my type among men not bind his heart; in those spring-times and many-hued meadows shall he not believe, who knoweth the fickly faint-hearted human species!
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