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PUSILLANIMOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful
Synonyms:
poor-spirited; pusillanimous; unmanly
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Similar:
cowardly; fearful (lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted)
Derivation:
pusillanimity; pusillanimousness (contemptible fearfulness)