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chicken-heartedness

chicken-heartedness noun: the quality of being chicken-hearted; cowardice.

Noun

chicken-heartedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being chicken-hearted; cowardice.

Synonyms of chicken-heartedness

Forms of chicken-heartedness

alternative formchickenheartedness

Origin of chicken-heartedness

From chicken-hearted + -ness.

Questions about chicken-heartedness

What does chicken-heartedness mean?
Chicken-heartedness means the quality of being chicken-hearted; cowardice.
What part of speech is chicken-heartedness?
Chicken-heartedness is a noun.

Words near chicken-heartedness in the dictionary

  1. chicken-fried steaks
  2. chicken-hazard
  3. chicken-heart
  4. chicken-hearted
  5. chicken-heartedly
  6. chicken-heartedness
  7. chicken-hearts
  8. chicken-house
  9. chicken-houses
  10. chicken-in-a-basket circuit
  11. chicken-liver

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