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pusillanimous

[ US /pjusəˈɫænəməs/ ]
[ UK /pjˌuːsɪlˈænɪməs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful

How To Use pusillanimous In A Sentence

  • For the British, however, it has all turned to dust, surrendered by the pusillanimous politicians.
  • It is the most degenerous and pusillanimous temper of mind that can be. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. V.
  • Wow, I haven't heard the word "pusillanimous" since the last time I watched "The Wizard of Oz"! Took a ride on the reading
  • The Energy White Paper of 2003 should have given a clear green light to a new nuclear reactor: instead, it pusillanimously avoided debate.
  • The other Congress chief minister cannot be described as pusillanimous by any stretch of imagination.
  • Meral Ece a Liberal Coucillor is worrying in pusillanimous Liberal way about gun crime in the Gazette. The Liberal Answer To Gun Crime
  • The redemption of Judas, the challenges of pusillanimous leadership and the sin of overweening arrogance are handled deftly in this timeless tale.
  • Forever is a pusillanimous way of saying ‘as long as I live.’
  • They are supposed to abhor pusillanimous or sycophantic behavior.
  • He regretted, however, that the United States was unlikely to impose "the rule of law in countries like Iraq," partly because of "a pusillanimous fear of military casualties.
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