страхлив — meaning in English
strahliv
Bulgarian → English · translate English → Bulgarian instead
English meaning
- cowardly adjective Lacking courage; showing fear when bravery is called for.
- craven adj Completely lacking courage; cowardly, especially in a shameful way.
- fearful adj Feeling afraid or anxious.
- sissy noun (informal, derogatory) A timid or cowardly person, especially a man or boy seen as insufficiently masculine.
- unmanly adj Showing characteristics that are not manly, such as being immature, effeminate or cowardly, which might be construed as an indicator of weakness or of baseness of character.
- yellow noun The bright color of lemons, sunflowers, and egg yolks, produced by light around 580 nanometers.
Senses
страхлив is used for these senses in English:
- cowardly Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
- craven Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.
- fainthearted Faint of heart; irresolute; fearful.
- fearful Tending to fear; timid.
- hen-hearted (archaic) Cowardly; timid.
- lily-livered (idiomatic) Cowardly, lacking courage.
- sissy (pejorative) Cowardly.
- unmanly (of a person) Showing characteristics that are not manly, such as being immature, effeminate or cowardly, which might be construed as an indicator of weakness or of baseness of character.
craven — full definition
- adj Completely lacking courage; cowardly, especially in a shameful way.
- noun A coward.