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US
/ˈfeɪntˈhɑɹtɪd/
]
[ UK /fˈeɪnthɑːtɪd/ ]
[ UK /fˈeɪnthɑːtɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
lacking conviction or boldness or courage
faint heart ne'er won fair lady
How To Use fainthearted In A Sentence
- Stuffier, or more fainthearted, royal watchers might have feared what the consequences of that might be. Times, Sunday Times
- And he measured her in a careless way, and knew, bold now, that she would begin to retreat, coyly and delicately, as he pursued, ever ready to reverse the game should he turn fainthearted. Chapter 6
- Sometimes I feel almost fainthearted, which is cowardly and forgetful of our calling "to fight manfully under Christ's banner. Life of John Coleridge Patteson
- Blind Girl never knew that ugly shapes of delf and earthenware were on the board; that sorrow and faintheartedness were in the house; that The Cricket on the Hearth
- Shopping is not for the fainthearted in the street markets of Kangding, in southwestern China. U.S. expatriates pursue American dream in China
- The Minho is justly proud of its cuisine, although its hearty traditions may not appeal to the fainthearted. Within Portugal's Cradle
- Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
- Killing Kristianos is not a game for the fainthearted. Fire The Sky
- The Minho is justly proud of its cuisine, although its hearty traditions may not appeal to the fainthearted. Within Portugal's Cradle
- The first gives a neater result, while the second, which I think the more interesting, is not for the fainthearted.