chicken-hearted

cowardly. Yes, I'm a chicken-hearted softie. I never try anything too risky.

(American)

not brave These chicken-hearted bosses always seem to give in at the first sign of a strike.

mod. cowardly. He’s chicken-hearted, but I still love him.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jonna	YON-nah (Finnish)	Danish, Swedish, Finnish
MelİS	-	Turkish
Csenge	CHENG-ge	Hungarian
Irmtraud	EERM-trowt	German
Irma	['ɜ:mə]
Zoey	ZO-ee	English (Modern)