yellow-bellied
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7.9
- adjective
- /ˈjɛloʊˌbɛliːd/
- Offensive
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cobarde
- Draw, you lily-livered, yellow-bellied son of a one-eyed prairie dog!
Examples
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And still you wriggle away like the yellow-bellied, lily-livered coward that you are.
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And I'm afraid our leaders are so yellow-bellied.
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You come back here, you yellow-bellied coward!
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So you can take your band of yellow-bellied losers and crawl out of here.
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Come back here, you yellow-bellied landlubbers.
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Go on, take that, Tyrone, you yellow-bellied coward.
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He's a frightened, little, yellow-bellied coward.
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He turns into a lousy deserter and a yellow-bellied coward.
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And you tell him if he don't show up himself, he ain't nothing but a yellow-bellied sapsucking coward.
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You come back here, you yellow-bellied coward!
Synonyms
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3.9
Feeling fear and avoiding dangerous or difficult situations
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7.9
Not brave and easily frightened
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Shy and afraid to do new or risky things
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Being very afraid and not willing to face danger
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Easily frightened and not willing to take risks
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Not brave and easily frightened
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Easily afraid and not willing to take risks
Very afraid and not willing to face danger
Being very easily frightened and not brave
Antonyms
How Cowardly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word yellow-bellied comes from the words yellow and belly, making a picture of someone with a 'yellow' stomach. Because 'yellow' has long been used to mean 'afraid' or 'weak', yellow-bellied is a way to call someone 'cowardly' or lacking courage.