faint-hearted

faint-hearted

See also: fainthearted

English

Alternative forms

• faint-heart (archaic)

Etymology

From faint +‎ hearted.

Adjective

faint-hearted (comparative more faint-hearted, superlative most faint-hearted)

1. Lacking courage; timid

Derived terms

• faint-heartedly
• faint-heartedness

Related terms

• faint of heart

Translations

lacking courage, timid

Chinese: Mandarin: 膽怯 (zh), 胆怯 (zh) (dǎnqiè), 無勇氣的, 无勇气的 (wú yǒngqì de) French: timoré (fr) German: zaghaft (de), feige (de), mutlos (de), schüchtern (de), furchtsam (de) Hungarian: bátortalan (hu) Japanese: 勇気のない (ja) (ゆうきのない, yūki no nai)

Kyrgyz: коркок (ky) (korkok), жүрөгү жок (ky) (cürögü cok) Manx: faase-chreeagh Maori: harotu, hōpīpī, hopī, tunutunu Norwegian: Bokmål: forknytt (no) Russian: малоду́шный (ru) (malodúšnyj), трусли́вый (ru) (truslívyj), ро́бкий (ru) (róbkij), боязли́вый (ru) (bojazlívyj)