14
cowardly(adjective, weak, soft, fear, feeble)
11
chicken(adjective, weak, slang, fear, feeble)
11
lily-livered(adjective, weak, soft, base, fear)
8
craven(adjective, weak, fear, timid, spineless)
8
gutless(adjective, weak, soft, slang, base)
7
pusillanimous(adjective, weak, soft, base, fear)
7
white-livered
6
dastardly(adjective, weak, soft, base, fear)
6
timid(adjective, weak, soft, base, personality)
5
chickenhearted(adjective, fear, cowardly)
5
coward(adjective, characteristic, quality, dismay, terror)
5
faint-hearted(adjective, weak, soft, fear, pathetic)
5
fearful(adjective, weak, soft, base, timid)
5
frightened(adjective, weak, soft, personality, pathetic)
5
yellow(adjective, weak, soft, slang, base)
4
afraid(adjective, weak, personality, spineless, gutless)
4
timorous(adjective, weak, soft, base, fearful)
3
chicken-hearted(adjective, weak, subservient, spineless, spiritless)
3
spineless(adjective, weak, pathetic, spiritless, gutless)
3
unmanly(adjective, fear)
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