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- pronunciation:
- pyu
s
lae
nih
ms
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
shamefully timid; cowardly.
The actor portrays a snivelling, pusillanimous husband who is bullied by his shrewish wife.- antonyms:
- brave, courageous, heroic, valiant, valorous
- similar words:
- spineless, timorous, yellow
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| related words: |
coward, dastardly, timid, weak |
adverb + (adj.)pusillanimous
more, too
(adj.)pusillanimous
+ noun
act, antithesis, barb, bordello, congress, critic, negativism, nihilism, pacifist, plunge, politician, prose, psychiatrist, pussy, republicanism, resolve, surrender
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| derivations: |
pusillanimously (adv.), pusillanimity (n.), pusillanimousness (n.) |
The word pusillanimous
contains the following part:
anim
Latin
root
that means mind, spirit, life
  Example words:
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