Meanings
adjectiveuncourageous (comparative more uncourageous, superlative most uncourageous)
comparative more uncourageous · superlative most uncourageous
- lacking courage
Synonyms: chicken, chicken-shit, yellow, yellow-bellied
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelacking courage
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishcourageous
- Englishuncourageous
From un- + courageous.
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uncourageous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncourageous
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“uncourageous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncourageous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncourageous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncourageous.
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