Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having no more courage than a chicken; timid; cowardly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Timid; fearful; cowardly; easily frightened.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Alternative form of
chicken-hearted .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective easily frightened
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Examples
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My response to you is that these are either the self-hating Chomsky-like Jews who are so chickenhearted they side with the Jew-hating Muslims, so that they alone will be – they think – Jews who are actually LIKED by the Arab terrorists and will be spared.
Matthew Yglesias » Foxman: Mitchell is “Fair” and I’m Unhappy About It 2009
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To actively seek nothingness is worse than defeat; why, Kudra, it is surrender; craven, chickenhearted, dishonorable surrender.
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Oh, I forgot to include Reid and Pelosi, and all the other chickenhearted pols out there.
Reid: "We Now Have The Timeline The Republicans Have Set" 2009
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This keeps getting censored by the Lamontster scrub out the truth squads .. he has to protect his propagandists for hire, as he's too chickenhearted to let the CT voters decide for themselves
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This keeps getting censored by the Lamontster scrub out the truth squads .. he has to protect his propagandists for hire, as he's too chickenhearted to let the CT voters decide for themselves
CT-SEN: Lieberman Says Lamont's Policies Would Be "Tremendous Victory" For Terrorists 2009
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How does a bunch of cool people like us continually wind up with these improbably chickenhearted leaders?
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BTW Greg, you claim to care so deeply about the truth, yet you are too chickenhearted to answer my question, are you a paid consultant for Ned Lamont's campaign?
CT-SEN: Lieberman Camp Pays A "Bit More" Than $15 A Month For Hosting 2009
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Still wondering why Greg Lamont is too chickenhearted to answer my very simple question regarding whether he is a paid consultant to the Lamont campaign .. how about an answer Greg?
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Apologies from a mild Edwards supporter that probably will tend to Obama if he drops -- but I hear this line all the time and it is so chickenhearted I can't stand it.
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This keeps getting censored by the Lamontster scrub out the truth squads .. he has to protect his propagandists for hire, as he's too chickenhearted to let the CT voters decide for themselves
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