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- Dictionaryfaint-heart·ed/ˌfāntˈhärdəd/
adjective
- 1. lacking courage; timid: "they were feeling faint-hearted at the prospect of war"
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Someone who is fainthearted is not confident or brave and dislikes taking unnecessary risks: He deals with subjects more fainthearted filmmakers would stay away from. Synonyms. chicken child's word. cowardly disapproving. craven formal disapproving. lily-livered literary. pusillanimous formal. timid. timorous literary.
: lacking courage or resolution : timid. faintheartedly adverb. faintheartedness noun. Synonyms. fearful. fearsome. mousy. mousey. scary. shy. skittish. timid. timorous. tremulous. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of fainthearted in a Sentence.
Someone who is fainthearted is not confident or brave and dislikes taking unnecessary risks: He deals with subjects more fainthearted filmmakers would stay away from. Synonyms. chicken child's word. cowardly disapproving. craven formal disapproving. lily-livered literary. pusillanimous formal. timid. timorous literary.
Someone who's faint-hearted is fearful or frightened. If a haunted house advertises itself as "not for the faint-hearted," it's probably really scary. If you're generally faint-hearted, you tend to be a little timid or anxious, easily scared or overwhelmed.
Definition of faint-hearted adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
n. 1. the faint-hearted people of a nervous disposition. 2. not for the faint-hearted extreme or very unusual, and unsuitable for people who like only safe and familiar things. adj. lacking in courage.
adjective. cowardly; timid; shy. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Derived forms. faintheartedly (ˈfaintˈheartedly) adverb. faintheartedness (ˈfaintˈheartedness) noun. fainthearted in American English. (ˈfeintˈhɑːrtɪd) adjective.
1. See not for the faint-hearted. 2. phrase [usu v-link PHR] If you say that something is not for the faint-hearted, you mean that it is an extreme or very unusual example of its kind, and is not suitable for people who like only safe and familiar things.
faint-hearted meaning, definition, what is faint-hearted: not trying very hard, because you do not...: Learn more.
If you describe someone or their behaviour as faint-hearted, you mean that they are not very confident and do not take strong action because they are afraid of failing. [...]
