YELLOW-BELLIED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Easily frightened

Synonyms:

chicken; chickenhearted; lily-livered; white-livered; yellow; yellow-bellied

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

cowardly; fearful (lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

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