chicken-hearted
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chicken-hearted
Where it comes from
From chicken + hearted, after chicken heart. Compare hen-hearted.
adjective more chicken-hearted · most chicken-hearted
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Not brave; lacking courage; cowardly.
This chicken-hearted couple, by the light of a rush-candle that burned on the hearth, seeing a stranger burst into the chamber, in such a terrible attitude, were seized with consternation […].
Similar: hen-hearted, backboneless, base, soft, bitch-ass, boneless, caitiff, candy-assed, chicken, chicken-hearted, chicken-livered, chickenshit · Opposite: lionhearted, adventurous, mettlesome, aweless, bad, bold, brass-balled, chivalrous, courageous, daredevil, daring, dauntless
Translations
Talk about this word "chicken-hearted." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chicken-hearted. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. chicken-hearted. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chicken-hearted "chicken-hearted." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chicken-hearted.Cite this
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title = {chicken-hearted},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chicken-hearted},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
