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CHICKENHEARTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chickenhearted mean?
• CHICKENHEARTED (adjective)
The adjective CHICKENHEARTED has 1 sense:
1. easily frightened
Familiarity information: CHICKENHEARTED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Easily frightened
Synonyms:
chicken; chickenhearted; lily-livered; white-livered; yellow; yellow-bellied
Similar:
cowardly; fearful (lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
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