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Synonyms of pusillanimous in English:

pusillanimous


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adjective

1‘the President's increasingly pusillanimous stance on social issues’

SYNONYMS
cowardly, timorous, timid, fearful, faint-hearted, lily-livered, chicken-hearted, pigeon-hearted, spineless, craven, base, shrinking, trembling, quaking, cowering, weak-kneed
informal wimpish, sissy, yellow, yellow-bellied, chicken, gutless
archaic poor-spirited, recreant
ANTONYMS

brave, fearless, plucky