bitch-made

1 9.9

Showing weakness or fear and letting others control you

adjective
/bɪtʃ-meɪd/

Offensive

: cobarde (insulto vulgar)

She refused to work with him again, saying he was too bitch-made to stand up for himself.

Examples

In the locker room, they teased him for being so bitch-made when it came to facing challenges.
You disloyal, fool-ass, bitch-made punk.

Training Day (2001)
He called his opponent a bitch-made coward after he backed out of the fight.

Antonyms

courageous

156 3.3

Not afraid to face danger or problems

strong-willed

30 4.3

A person who decides to do something and does not change their mind

How Cowardly

bitch-made

Offensive

1 9.9

spineless

Offensive

30 5.6

cowardly

81 3.9

timid

56 3.5

hesitant

72 3.2

Surface Forms

bitch-made positive

Morphology

bitch-made = bitch + made (opaque) = bitch + made

Although built from 'bitch' + 'made', the slang meaning 'cowardly' is idiomatic and not directly inferable from the literal combination.

Etymology

Bitch-made comes from the insult bitch (originally 'female dog') plus made ('made into' or 'caused to be'). A helpful way to remember it is to think of someone being 'made' weak by that insult, so the phrase now means showing weakness, cowardice, or being easily controlled.