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pusillanimous
[ pyoo-suh-lan-uh-muhs ]
adjective
- lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
Synonyms: frightened, fearful, timorous
- proceeding from or indicating a cowardly spirit.
pusillanimous
/ ˌpjuːsɪləˈnɪmɪtɪ; ˌpjuːsɪˈlænɪməs /
adjective
- characterized by a lack of courage or determination
Derived Forms
- pusillanimity, noun
- ˌpusilˈlanimously, adverb
Other Words From
- pusil·lani·mous·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of pusillanimous1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pusillanimous1
Example Sentences
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.
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