18
cowardly(adjective, weak, uncertain, fear, anxious)
18
timid(adjective, weak, anxious, nervous, shy)
10
weak(adjective, nervous, shy, feeble, fearful)
10
yellow(adjective, weak, soft, slang, fear)
9
lily-livered(adjective, weak, soft, fear, nervous)
7
afraid(adjective, weak, passionate, anxious, shy)
7
fainthearted(adjective, weak, nervous, shy, fearful)
7
irresolute(adjective, weak, soft, uncertain, nervous)
7
pusillanimous(adjective, weak, fear, nervous, shy)
7
timorous(adjective, weak, uncertain, anxious, nervous)
6
apprehensive(adjective, weak, nervous, shy, fearful)
6
coward(adjective, characteristic, quality, weak, feeble)
6
faint
6
white-livered
5
chicken(adjective, slang, fear)
5
chickenhearted(adjective, fear, cowardly)
5
craven(adjective, weak, fear, feeble, submissive)
5
fearful(adjective, weak, soft, nervous, suspicious)
5
feeble(weak, nervous, shy, fearful, pathetic)
4
dastardly(adjective, weak, fear, spineless, gutless)
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