FAINT-HEARTED
\fˈe͡ɪnthˈɑːtɪd], \fˈeɪnthˈɑːtɪd], \f_ˈeɪ_n_t_h_ˈɑː_t_ɪ_d]\
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Yielding to fear; dejected; timorous.
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Wanting in courage; liable to sink under difficulties or trials: at heart, as regards the heart; really: by heart, fixed in the memory; in a most thorough manner: to break the heart, to reduce to despair or hopeless grief: to find in the heart, to be willing or disposed: to speak to one's heart, to speak home to; to encourage.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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