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
Sundar	-	Tamil, Indian, Hindi
Hyam	-	Hebrew
Jagusia	yah-GUW-shah	Polish
Donatello	do-nah-TEL-lo	Italian
Mneme	-	Greek Mythology
Ballendine	['bæləndain]