pusillanimous

/pyoo-suh-lan-uh-muhs/US // ˌpyu səˈlæn ə məs //UK // (ˌpjuːsɪˈlænɪməs) //

怯懦的人,胆小怕事,苍白无力的,胆小如鼠

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
- : proceeding from or indicating a cowardly spirit.

adj.fearful

Synonyms

We probably shouldn’t knock pusillanimous lux skiing too hard.
But on this issue of Haredi service his pusillanimous silence has been disappointing and self-defeating.
Some advised the king to leave the field; but that prince rejected such pusillanimous counsel.
Of upright heart, but pusillanimous, he only saw rightly when his self-esteem was not at stake or his interest in danger.
He finally reached Rome, but the congregation of Cardinals, of course, rejected the king's pusillanimous petition.
As if the miserable, pusillanimous reprobates did not know it as well as you!
He had always been more or less pusillanimous in the face of winter.