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lacking courage synonyms
Trying to find another word for lacking courage in English? No problem. Our thesaurus contains synonyms of lacking courage in 42 different contexts. We have listed all the similar and related words for lacking courage alphabetically.
- abashed
- aghast
- alarmed
- anxious
- apprehensive
- aroused
- blanched
- cowardly
- cowed
- daunted
- discouraged
- disheartened
- dismayed
- distressed
- disturbed
- faint-hearted
- afraid
- aghast
- antsy
- apprehensive
- basket case
- bugged
- butterflies
- careful
- choked
- clutched
- concerned
- disquieted
- distressed
- disturbed
- dreading
- fearful
- afraid
- alarmed
- biting nails
- butterflies
- concerned
- disquieted
- doubtful
- feel in bones
- foreboding
- frozen
- get vibes
- have a hunch
- have cold feet
- have funny feeling
- have stage fright
- hung up
- aback
- abaft
- about
- astern
- back
- behind
- in reverse
- inverted
- rearward
- turned around
- abject
- abominable
- cheap
- coarse
- common
- contemptible
- corrupt
- depraved
- despicable
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- foul
- grovelling
- humble
- ignoble
- dastard
- louse
- rat
- scoundrel
- afraid
- anxious
- apprehensive
- backward
- base
- caitiff
- cowering
- cowhearted
- craven
- dastardly
- diffident
- dismayed
- fainthearted
- frightened
- gutless
- having the willies
- apple-polish
- blench
- bootlick
- brownnose
- cringe
- crouch
- draw back
- fawn
- flinch
- grovel
- honey
- kowtow
- quail
- recoil
- shrink
- skulk
- afraid
- anxious
- apprehensive
- backward
- base
- caitiff
- chicken-hearted
- cowering
- craven
- dastardly
- diffident
- dismayed
- fainthearted
- frightened
- gutless
- having the willies
- chicken
- cowardly
- dastardly
- fearful
- gutless
- lily-livered
- mean-spirited
- poltroonish
- pusillanimous
- scared
- timorous
- weak-kneed
- wimpish
- wimpy
- wussy
- yellow
- base
- contemptible
- cowardly
- craven
- despicable
- low
- mean
- pusillanimous
- underhanded
- vile
- backward
- bashful
- blenching
- chary
- constrained
- coy
- demure
- distrustful
- doubtful
- dubious
- flinching
- humble
- insecure
- meek
- modest
- mousy
- abash
- affright
- agitate
- alarm
- appall
- bewilder
- bother
- chill
- confound
- daunt
- discomfit
- discompose
- disconcert
- discourage
- dishearten
- disillusion
- afraid
- cowardly
- cowed
- cowering
- fearful
- frightened
- gutless
- having cold feet
- intimidated
- lily-livered
- meek
- mousy
- spineless
- unassertive
- weak
- wimpy
- abashed
- affrighted
- afraid
- aghast
- alarmed
- anxious
- butterflies
- chicken
- chicken-hearted
- cowed
- dismayed
- fearful
- frozen
- have cold feet
- having kittens
- hung up
- abject
- chicken
- chicken-hearted
- coward
- cowardly
- craven
- faint-hearted
- feeble
- irresolute
- lily-livered
- pusillanimous
- spineless
- submissive
- weak
- wimpy
- yellow
- afraid
- anxious
- apprehensive
- backward
- base
- caitiff
- chicken-hearted
- cowering
- cowhearted
- craven
- dastardly
- diffident
- dismayed
- fainthearted
- frightened
- gutless
- antsy
- anxious
- apprehensive
- edgy
- excitable
- fidgety
- high-strung
- jumpy
- on edge
- on pins and needles
- panicky
- quivering
- restless
- shaky
- skittish
- spooked
- afraid
- chicken
- fainthearted
- gutless
- timid
- yellow
- afraid
- agitated
- annoyed
- apprehensive
- basket case
- bothered
- concerned
- distressed
- disturbed
- edgy
- excitable
- fidgety
- fitful
- flustered
- fussy
- hesitant
- afraid
- anxious
- apprehensive
- backward
- base
- caitiff
- chicken-hearted
- cowering
- cowhearted
- craven
- dastardly
- diffident
- dismayed
- fainthearted
- frightened
- gutless
- abashed
- aghast
- alarmed
- anxious
- apprehensive
- aroused
- blanched
- cowardly
- cowed
- daunted
- discouraged
- disheartened
- dismayed
- distressed
- disturbed
- faint-hearted
- empty suit
- hollow man
- man of straw
- petty tyrant
- straw man
- tin god
- afraid
- anxious
- apprehensive
- backward
- base
- caitiff
- chicken-hearted
- cowering
- cowhearted
- craven
- dastardly
- diffident
- dismayed
- fainthearted
- frightened
- gutless
- abashed
- aghast
- alarmed
- anxious
- apprehensive
- aroused
- blanched
- cowardly
- cowed
- daunted
- discouraged
- disheartened
- dismayed
- distressed
- disturbed
- faint-hearted
- empty suit
- hollow man
- man of straw
- petty tyrant
- straw man
- tin god
- afraid
- chicken
- cowardly
- gutless
- tame
- timid
- timorous
- afraid
- apostate
- arrant
- base
- cowering
- craven
- dastardly
- defecting
- disloyal
- faithless
- false
- falsehearted
- fearful
- frightened
- gutless
- hesitant
- backward
- bashful
- coy
- demure
- diffident
- humble
- meek
- modest
- nongregarious
- not forward
- quiet
- rabbity
- recessive
- reclusive
- reserved
- restrained
- afraid
- alarmed
- biting nails
- butterflies
- concerned
- disquieted
- doubtful
- feel in bones
- foreboding
- frozen
- get vibes
- have a hunch
- have cold feet
- have funny feeling
- have stage fright
- hung up
- afraid
- aghast
- anxious
- fearful
- having cold feet
- panic-stricken
- panicked
- panicky
- petrified
- shaken
- startled
- terrified
- terror-stricken
- bashful
- coy
- declining
- diffident
- modest
- retiring
- timid
- afraid
- apprehensive
- averse
- backward
- bashful
- cautious
- chary
- circumspect
- conscious
- coy
- demure
- diffident
- disinclined
- distrustful
- fearful
- hesitant
- bendable
- comfortable
- comfy
- cottony
- cozy
- creamy
- cushiony
- cushy
- delicate
- doughy
- downy
- ductile
- easeful
- easy
- elastic
- feathery
- amoebalike
- faint-hearted
- fearful
- feeble
- forceless
- frightened
- gutless
- impotent
- inadequate
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- invertebrate
- irresolute
- lily-livered
- nerveless
- pithless
- Milquetoast
- afraid
- ambivalent
- apprehensive
- badgered
- bashful
- browbeaten
- bullied
- capricious
- cowardly
- cowed
- cowering
- coy
- daunted
- demure
- diffident
- apprehensive
- faint
- fainthearted
- fearful
- hesitant
- meek
- shrinking
- shuddering
- shy
- tentative
- timid
- tremulous
- unassertive
- anemic
- debilitated
- decrepit
- delicate
- effete
- enervated
- exhausted
- faint
- feeble
- flaccid
- flimsy
- forceless
- fragile
- frail
- hesitant
- impuissant
- afraid
- anxious
- apprehensive
- backward
- base
- caitiff
- chicken-hearted
- cowering
- cowhearted
- craven
- dastardly
- diffident
- dismayed
- fainthearted
- frightened
- gutless
- abandoned
- abject
- barren
- base
- bogus
- cheap
- contemptible
- counterproductive
- despicable
- empty
- futile
- good-for-nothing
- ignoble
- inconsequential
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- chicken
- craven
- deceitful
- gutless
- lily-livered
- low
- offensive
- pusillanimous
- sneaking
- treacherous
- tricky
- unethical
- unprincipled
- afraid
- anxious
- apprehensive
- backward
- base
- caitiff
- chicken-hearted
- cowering
- cowhearted
- craven
- dastardly
- diffident
- dismayed
- fainthearted
- frightened
- gutless
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