Tom is a spineless coward.
Source: tatoeba (1488696)
Spineless
Synonyms for "spineless" (223 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 15 languages.
Belarusian
4 entries- бесхара́ктарны adj (uncourageous)
- бесхрыбе́тны adj (having no spine)
- бесхрыбе́тны adj (uncourageous)
- бязво́льны adj (uncourageous)
Bulgarian
2 entries- безгръбна́чен adj (having no spine)
- безхара́ктерен adj (uncourageous)
Czech
1 entries- bezpáteřný adj (having no spine)
Estonian
2 entries- selgrootu adj (having no spine)
- selgrootu adj (uncourageous)
Finnish
2 entries- selkärangaton adj (having no spine)
- selkärangaton adj (uncourageous)
French
1 entries- lâche adj (uncourageous)
German
4 entries- rückgratlos adj (having no spine)
- rückgratlos adj (uncourageous)
- stachellos adj (having no spine)
- willenlos adj (uncourageous)
Hebrew
2 entries- חֲסַר חוּט שִׁדְרָה adj (uncourageous)
- חֲסַר עַמּוּד שִׁדְרָה adj (uncourageous)
Macedonian
1 entries- безрбетен adj (having no spine)
Māori
2 entries- hūngoingoi adj (uncourageous)
- iwituararokore adj (having no spine)
Polish
2 entries- bezkręgowy adj (having no spine)
- tchórzliwy adj (uncourageous)
Russian
4 entries- безво́льный adj (uncourageous)
- беспозвоно́чный adj (having no spine)
- бесхара́ктерный adj (uncourageous)
- бесхребе́тный adj (having no spine)
Swedish
2 entries- ryggradslös adj (having no spine)
- ryggradslös adj (uncourageous)
Turkish
2 entries- tabansız adj (uncourageous)
- ödlek adj (uncourageous)
Ukrainian
4 entries- безві́льний adj (uncourageous)
- безхара́ктерний adj (uncourageous)
- безхребе́тний adj (having no spine)
- безхребе́тний adj (uncourageous)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Tom is a gutless, spineless, gormless, underachieving twat.
Source: tatoeba (10194048)
If this results in a society which MacIntyre has criticized as being the province of the manager, the aesthete and the analyst, types almost sinister in their philosophical lightmindedness, superficiality, programmed uninterestingness, and their depressingly spineless willingness to grant the presence of 'despicable types' for the sake of political freedom, then so be it.
Source: wiktionary
Killership requires a person to become brave and polite. It is not deal of weakwilled and spineless people. This deal likes neither cheating nor foolishness.
Source: wiktionary
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