pusillanimous.

Showing a contemptible lack of courage or firmness.

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• pusillanimous response

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His pusillanimous response disappointed them.

The critic called the retreat pusillanimous.

Usage notes

Primary category: fear. Forms: Comparative more pusillanimous; superlative most pusillanimous where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.