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CHICKENHEARTED

• CHICKENHEARTED (adjective)
The adjective CHICKENHEARTED has 1 sense:

1. easily frightened

Familiarity information: CHICKENHEARTED used as an adjective is very rare.

• CHICKENHEARTED (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Easily frightened

Synonyms:

chicken; chickenhearted; lily-livered; white-livered; yellow-bellied; yellow

Similar:

cowardly; fearful (lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

"Let him who is without sin cast the first stone."
(English proverb)
"After dark all cats are leopards."
(Native American proverb, Zuni)
"He who has health has hope; and he who has hope, has everything."
(Arabic proverb)
"A horse aged thirty: don't add any more years."
(Corsican proverb)

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