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faint-hearts

faint-hearts is the plural of faint-heart.

Meaning of faint-heart

Noun

faint-heart (plural faint-hearts)

  1. 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

Questions about faint-hearts

What is faint-hearts the plural of?
Faint-hearts is the plural of faint-heart.

Words near faint-hearts in the dictionary

  1. faint of heart
  2. faint-heart
  3. faint-hearted
  4. faint-heartedly
  5. faint-heartedness
  6. faint-hearts
  7. fainted
  8. faintee
  9. faintees
  10. fainten
  11. faintened

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