"faint of heart" meaning in English

See faint of heart in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-faint of heart.wav [US] Forms: more faint of heart [comparative], most faint of heart [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} faint of heart (comparative more faint of heart, superlative most faint of heart)
  1. (figurative) Fainthearted. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-faint_of_heart-en-adj-eHAziOeO

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-faint of heart.wav [US]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} faint of heart pl (plural only)
  1. Timid people considered as a group. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-faint_of_heart-en-noun-OZwPKkCO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of People: 0 100

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for faint of heart meaning in English (2.3kB)

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