Definitions
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- noun The quality or state of being
fainthearted .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the trait of lacking boldness and courage
Etymologies
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Examples
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O Lord and Master of my life, give me not the spirit of sloth, faintheartedness, lust for power, or idle talk. prostration
Archive 2009-04-01 bls 2009
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O Lord and Master of my life, give me not the spirit of sloth, faintheartedness, lust for power, or idle talk. prostration
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The allies met in Lacedaemon, and arguments were adduced on the part of the allies to show that faintheartedness would very soon lead to their being absolutely worn out by the war.
Hellenica 2007
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Blind Girl never knew that ugly shapes of delf and earthenware were on the board; that sorrow and faintheartedness were in the house; that
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We too must endure and persevere in the enquiry, and then courage will not laugh at our faintheartedness in searching for courage; which after all may, very likely, be endurance.
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Linguistic exploration rejects such faintheartedness.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Linguistic exploration rejects such faintheartedness.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Vlasyevna, pray calm yourself; what faintheartedness!
Fathers and Sons 2003
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Moonlight Quill and soar upward, but through sheer faintheartedness he had stayed on.
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Generally, in the media there is an emphasis on crime and urban disorder which is over-heavy, leading among other things to growing faintheartedness among those who could otherwise push in the South
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