Lily-livered

Synonyms for "lily-livered" (47 found)

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Adjective(2 words)
chickenchickenhearted

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Related words (23)

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7 translations across 5 languages.

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Bulgarian

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  • малодушен adj (cowardly — see also cowardly)
  • страхлив adj (cowardly — see also cowardly)

Dutch

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  • laf adj (cowardly — see also cowardly)
  • lafhartig adj (cowardly — see also cowardly)

French

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  • poltron adj (cowardly — see also cowardly)

Russian

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  • трусли́вый adj (cowardly — see also cowardly)

Ukrainian

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  • боягу́зливий adj (cowardly — see also cowardly)

Sample sentences

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Stew[ard],^([sic]) What doſt thou know me for? / Kent. […] [A] lilly lyuer'd action taking knaue, […] one that would'ſt bee a baud in way of good ſeruice, and art nothing but the compoſition of a knaue, begger, coward, pander, and the ſonne and heire of a mungrell bitch, […]

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Go pricke thy face, and ouer-red thy feare / Thou Lilly-liuer'd Boy.

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But as for that lily-livered sneak—that poor lyin' swindlin' cringin' cur of a Clavering—who stands in my shoes—stands in my shoes, hang him!

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Ho! Then you do your best, Lillie. No one could call you lily-livered!

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