Usually means: Lacking courage, easily discouraged, fearful.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. faint-hearted: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. faint-hearted: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. faint-hearted, the faint-hearted, the faint-hearted: Collins English Dictionary
  4. faint-hearted: Vocabulary.com
  5. faint-hearted: Wordnik
  6. faint-hearted, the faint-hearted: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. faint-hearted: Wiktionary
  8. faint-hearted: Dictionary.com
  9. faint-hearted: FreeDictionary.org
  10. faint-hearted: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. faint-hearted: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. faint-hearted: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Alternative spelling of fainthearted. [Faint of heart; irresolute; fearful.]

Similar:
faint, faint of heart, cowardly, diffident, courageless, weak-kneed, uncourageous, heartless, pluckless, weak-handed, more...

Opposite:
courageous, brave, bold, fearless, intrepid

Phrases:
not for the faint-hearted, more...



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Similar:
faint, faint of heart, cowardly, diffident, courageless, weak-kneed, uncourageous, heartless, pluckless, weak-handed, more...

Opposite:
courageous, brave, bold, fearless, intrepid

Phrases:
not for the faint-hearted, more...



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