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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

weak, lacking spirit, resolve, courage, determination, or purpose;

e.g. If she were not so spineless, she would make a statement about what she thinks should be done.

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Similar Words

Chicken

Chickenhearted

Cowardly

Craven

Dastardly

Effete

Frail

Gutless

Invertebrate

Irresolute

Lily-livered

Namby-pamby

Nerveless

Poltroon

Pusillanimous

Recreant

Supine

Unaggressive

Weak

Weak-kneed

Weakling

Wishy-washy

Yellow

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Opposite Words

Audacious

Bold

Brash

Brave

Brazen

Cheeky

Courageous

Daredevil

Dauntless

Determined

Dogged

Doughty

Dynamic

Energetic

Ethical

Fearless

Firm

Flush

Foolhardy

Forceful

Good

Grim

Hearty

Impetuous

Implacable

Intrepid

Iron

Ironclad

Lusty

Madcap

Mettlesome

Moral

Nervy

Overbold

Overconfident

Peppy

Plucky

Principled

Reckless

Red-blooded

Relentless

Resolute

Right

Righteous

Robust

Solid

Spirited

Spunky

Stalwart

Stout

Stouthearted

Strapping

Strong

Sturdy

Temerarious

Unappeasable

Undaunted

Unflinching

Unrelenting

Unyielding

Upright

Valorous

Vigorous

Virtuous

Vital

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Related Words

Afraid

Bashful

Corrupt

Cowardly

Coy

Craven

Dastardly

Diffident

Emasculated

Fainthearted

Fearful

Fearsome

Feeble

Flabby

Flaccid

Frightened

Helpless

Impotent

Ineffective

Ineffectual

Infirm

Irresolute

Lily-livered

Meek

Paralyzed

Pliable

Poltroon

Powerless

Pusillanimous

Scared

Scary

Shy

Sissy

Skittish

Soft

Submissive

Timid

Timorous

Tremulous

Unmanly

Unprincipled

Unscrupulous

Villainous

Weak

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