Usually means: Cowardly, lacking courage or spirit.
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  1. white-livered: Merriam-Webster
  2. white-livered: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. white-livered, white-livered: Collins English Dictionary
  4. white-livered: Vocabulary.com
  5. white-livered: Wordnik
  6. white-livered, white livered: Wiktionary
  7. white-livered: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. white-livered: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. white-livered: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. white-livered, white livered: Dictionary.com
  11. White-livered: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. white-livered: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. white-livered: Rhymezone
  14. White-livered: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. white-livered: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. white-livered: FreeDictionary.org
  17. white-livered: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. white-livered: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. white-livered: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (White livered)

▸ adjective:  Alternative form of white-livered [Lily-livered; cowardly.]

Similar:
lily-livered, cowardly, coward, chickenhearted, fearful, yellow-bellied, yellow, chicken, cow-hearted, baldfaced, more...

Opposite:
courageous, brave, bold, fearless, intrepid

Types:
cowardly, fearful, gutless, spineless, wimpy, more...

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Similar:
lily-livered, cowardly, coward, chickenhearted, fearful, yellow-bellied, yellow, chicken, cow-hearted, baldfaced, more...

Opposite:
courageous, brave, bold, fearless, intrepid

Types:
cowardly, fearful, gutless, spineless, wimpy, more...



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