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страхлив — meaning in English

strahliv

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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

  1. adj Completely lacking courage; cowardly, especially in a shameful way.
  2. noun A coward.

Related Bulgarian words