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- DictionaryPi·geon-heart·ed/ˈpijənˌhärdəd/
adjective
- 1. timid; cowardly.
Apr 28, 2024 · adjective. cowardly or timid. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. pigeon-hearted in American English. (ˈpɪdʒənˈhɑːrtɪd) adjective. timid; meek. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
Define pigeon-hearted. pigeon-hearted synonyms, pigeon-hearted pronunciation, pigeon-hearted translation, English dictionary definition of pigeon-hearted. or adj of a timid or fearful disposition Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994,...
pigeon-hearted in American English. (ˈpɪdʒənˌhɑrtɪd ) adjective. cowardly or timid. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
‘The trail was curving in the direction of the woods, and part of me was eager to enter them to see where the trail would lead, and part of me was pigeon-hearted, uneasy about what might await me there’.
pi·geon-heart·ed. pronunciation: pI jn har tihd. part of speech: adjective. definition: lacking boldness or courage; shy or meek. related words: yellow.
Dictionary Meanings. Pigeon-hearted Definition. pijənhärtid. Meanings. Definition Source. Adjective. Filter. adjective. Cowardly or timid. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain.
from The Century Dictionary. Timid as a bird; easily frightened. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. adjective Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted. from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. adjective timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted. Etymologies.
