Pusillanimous - English meaning

noun

The lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported.

Usage examples:

She sat down at the base of a tree

verb

Use (something specified) as the foundation or starting point for something.

Usage examples:

The film is based on a novel by pat conroy

adjective

Without moral principles; ignoble.

Usage examples:

The electorate's baser instincts of greed and selfishness

adjective

Lacking courage.

Usage examples:

He was a weak, cowardly man

adverb

In a way which shows a lack of courage.

adjective

(of a person) not at all brave and too eager to avoid danger, difficulty, or pain

Usage examples:

He was too cowardly to give the order., when they criticize us anonymously they come across as cowa…

verb

Crouch down in fear.

Usage examples:

Children cowered in terror as the shoot-out erupted

adjective

Contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly.

Usage examples:

A craven abdication of his moral duty

noun

A cowardly person.

adjective

Lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful

adjective

Feeling or showing fear or anxiety.

Usage examples:

They are fearful of the threat of nuclear war

adjective

Showing or causing fear; frightened or worried about something

Usage examples:

A fearful expression/reaction, fearful dangers, he was fearful of driving on the icy streets.

adjective

Not brave

verb

(especially of the earth) shake or tremble.

Usage examples:

The rumbling vibrations set the whole valley quaking

noun

An earthquake.

Usage examples:

A big quake east of the rocky mountains

verb

Present participle of quake

Usage examples:

Every time i get on a plane, i quake with fear., charlie stood outside the head teacher's office, q…

adjective

Becoming smaller in size or amount.

Usage examples:

The shrinking market has provoked a massive price war

verb

Become or make smaller in size or amount.

Usage examples:

The workforce shrank to a thousand

adjective

Becoming smaller or less

Usage examples:

The shrinking workforce would have to support a growing number of retired people., rapidly/steadily…

noun

A soft, timid, or oversensitive person, or a boy or man viewed as being overly interested in things traditionally associated with women.

Usage examples:

He would hate the other boys to think he was a sissy

adjective

A person regarded as effeminate or cowardly.

Usage examples:

He would hate the other boys to think he was a sissy

noun

A boy who seems to be easily frightened and not brave, or who is not interested in things boys usually like

Usage examples:

Dancing was for sissies when i was a kid.

adjective

Having no spine or backbone; invertebrate.

Usage examples:

It remains a lifeless and spineless human creation.

adjective

Showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened.

Usage examples:

I was too timid to ask for what i wanted

adjective

Showing or suffering from nervousness or a lack of confidence.

Usage examples:

A timorous voice

adjective

Nervous and without much confidence

adjective

Shaking or quivering, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty.

Usage examples:

She passed the letter with a trembling hand to henry

noun

The action or fact of shaking or quivering, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty.

Usage examples:

The disease is a degenerative disorder that causes trembling of the hands, arms, or legs

verb

(of a person, a part of the body, or the voice) shake involuntarily, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty.

Usage examples:

Isobel was trembling with excitement

adjective

Not brave or determined enough to defend your beliefs against others

Usage examples:

Instead of defending traditional values, the church frequently seems weak-kneed and irresolute., sh…

adjective

Not strong, brave, or confident

Usage examples:

I'm far too wimpy to go rock climbing., i was too wimpy to be a boxer so i decided to be a musician.

adjective

Of the colour between green and orange in the spectrum, a primary subtractive colour complementary to blue; coloured like ripe lemons or egg yolks.

Usage examples:

Curly yellow hair

noun

Yellow colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

The craft detonated in a blaze of red and yellow

verb

Become yellow, especially with age.

Usage examples:

The cream paint was beginning to yellow