5
fainthearted(adjective, weak, spineless, gutless, cowardly)
5
frightened(adjective, weak, spineless, scared, gutless)
5
servile(adjective, subservient, grovelling)
4
chicken-hearted(adjective, weak, soft, base, shy)
4
sneaking(adjective, low, base, yielding, timid)
4
unmanly(adjective, fear)
3
caitiff(noun, person, weak, spineless, recreant)
3
anxious(adjective, weak, spineless, gutless)
3
apprehensive(adjective, weak, spineless, scared, gutless)
3
chicken-livered
3
chickenhearted(adjective, fear, cowardly)
3
cur
3
dunghill
3
funk(noun, fear)
3
ignoble(adjective, mean, immoral, submissive, dishonorable)
3
nervous(adjective, weak, spineless, gutless)
3
poltroonish(adjective, weak, timid)
3
quitter(noun, person)
3
rabbit(feature, person, character, behavior)
3
retiring(adjective, weak, spineless, gutless)
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