chickenshit
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈtʃɪkənˌʃɪt/
- Offensive
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cagón
- He's no chickenshit, but it's worth your life to fight.
- chickenshit cocksucker
- chickenshit bastard
- chickenshit asshole
Examples
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If she could implement the plan, there wouldn't be, but she was chickenshit in regard to the plan.
Fiction book (1995) -
Perfect examples of her chickenshit life.
Fiction book (1991) -
So, as someone who made the same call: it's not chickenshit, it's being careful.
Blog text (13) -
But then I figured maybe you were just too chickenshit, so I went ahead and I did it myself.
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I end the longest war in American history, and they keep harping on this chickenshit!
Fiction book (1995) -
Mr. Hunham, if you're too chickenshit to go to this party, then just say that.
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You're a lot of things, but chickenshit isn't one of them.
Fiction book (1993) -
It's a chickenshit excuse, he thinks—as lame as his own defensiveness the other night.
Fiction book (2002) -
He backed out of the challenge, proving he was too chickenshit to face the competition.
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Instead of standing up for what was right, she chose the chickenshit route and remained silent.
Synonyms
301
8.4
A person who is easily frightened and not brave
1
8.9
A person who is easily frightened and avoids danger
Antonyms
How Brave
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chickenshit comes from putting chicken (a common word used to call someone a 'coward') together with shit (a crude word for 'rubbish' or something 'worthless'). So, chickenshit describes a cowardly, petty, or unimportant action or person.