Meaning of faint-heart | Babel Free

Definitions

A cowardly, faint-hearted person; one who is irresolute or fearful.

Examples

“Beowulf had scarcely died before the faint-hearts came crawling out of their burrows.”

“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.”

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