faint-heart
faint-heart noun: a cowardly, faint-hearted person; one who is irresolute or fearful.
Noun
faint-heart (plural faint-hearts)
- A cowardly, faint-hearted person; one who is irresolute or fearful.
- Beowulf had scarcely died before the faint-hearts came crawling out of their burrows.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 48
- We are going to need all forces in the conditions that we have to face, and in the fight that we have before us we want no half-hearted supporters, no vacillators, no faint-hearts.2014, Roger Moorhouse, The Devils' Alliance: Hitler's Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941, The Bodley Head
Forms of faint-heart
| plural | faint-hearts |
|---|---|
| alternative form | faintheart |
Questions about faint-heart
- What does faint-heart mean?
- Faint-heart means a cowardly, faint-hearted person; one who is irresolute or fearful.
- What part of speech is faint-heart?
- Faint-heart is a noun.
- What is the plural of faint-heart?
- The plural of faint-heart is faint-hearts.
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