All chicken-hearted synonyms

adj chicken-hearted

• lily-livered — weak or lacking in courage; cowardly; pusillanimous.
• nervous — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
• paper tiger — a person, group, nation, or thing that has the appearance of strength or power but is actually weak or ineffectual.
• pusillanimous — lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
• recreant — cowardly or craven.
• retiring — that retires.
• scared — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
• shrinking — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
• shy — bashful; retiring.
• soft — yielding readily to touch or pressure; easily penetrated, divided, or changed in shape; not hard or stiff: a soft pillow.
• spineless — having no spines or quills.
• timid — lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
• timorous — full of fear; fearful: The noise made them timorous.
• weak — not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor.
• worthless — without worth; of no use, importance, or value; good-for-nothing: a worthless person; a worthless contract.
• yellow — a color like that of egg yolk, ripe lemons, etc.; the primary color between green and orange in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 570 and 590 nm.
• panicky — a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
• cowering — to crouch, as in fear or shame.
• dismayed — to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt: The surprise attack dismayed the enemy.
• weak-kneed — yielding readily to opposition, pressure, intimidation, etc.
• yellow-bellied — having a yellow abdomen or underside.