WEAKHEARTED Synonyms: 101 Similar and Opposite Words

weakhearted

adjective

Definition of weakhearted

as in poor-spirited

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Adjective

Whoomp, whoomp bumped the coward heart.

— James Arthur, The New York Review of Books, 5 Feb. 2026

Definition of coward

Adjective

Kash explains that turmeric contains a specific type of polyphenol called curcumin, which is known for its anti-inflammatory properties (and is what gives the spice its bright yellow color).

— Marie Bladt, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026
Reuters footage from the aftermath showed yellow trucks mounted on sheets of concrete, as survivors sifted through grey debris.

— Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of yellow

Adjective

Some also have lost lawyers, dismayed by the pusillanimous behavior of their leaders.

— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
The second believed the United States could attain comprehensive security through military-technological means and saw diplomacy as a quixotic or pusillanimous enterprise that dishonored and weakened the country.

— A. Wess Mitchell, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025

Definition of pusillanimous

Adjective

The trans actor Elliot Page plays Sinon, a poor boy from Ithaca who is brave enough to travel with Odysseus in place of the cowardly aristocrat Antinous, played by Robert Pattinson.

— Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
Weiss, Maher says, told him her internal critics are too cowardly to say anything to her face.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 23 July 2026

Definition of cowardly

Adjective

Yes, Arsenal fan Neel from New Delhi held his nerve on the final day to shake off the persistent and heroic challenge of six-year-old Wilfred — and the meandering, distinctly unheroic challenge of a 51-year-old journalist.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 26 May 2026
That larger significance is remarkably unheroic and fatalistic.

— Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024

Definition of unheroic

Adjective

Going to the theatre in that period was hardly an entertainment for the fainthearted, and calamity was not confined to the stage.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Breaking down a whole raw chicken is not for the fainthearted, but the results can be mouthwatering.

— Sarah Schutte, National Review, 6 July 2025

Definition of fainthearted

Adjective

Wondering when all those dastardly interstate constructions are finally going to stop blocking your way?

— Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 17 July 2026
And not only thanks to the presence of George MacKay, Frank Dillane, and Herbert Nordrum as this film’s trio of dashing (and in some instances, dastardly) suitors to the Dashwood sisters.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 15 July 2026

Definition of dastardly

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