chickenhearted

/tʃˈɪkɪnhˌɑɹɾᵻd/ adj

Alternative spelling of chicken-hearted.

Word Origin Chickenhearted means cowardly, literally 'having the heart of a chicken.' The word chicken comes from Old English cicen, a young fowl, and heart from Proto-Germanic hertō. The -ed suffix makes it an adjective: 'equipped with a chicken's heart.' The same heart root gives us cardiac, courage (from French coeur 'heart'), and cordial (from the heart).

adj Alternative spelling of chicken-hearted.

His chickenhearted approach to confrontation often left him exploited.

(形容词) 胆怯的;胆小的;懦弱的

他面对冲突时胆怯的方式常常使他被利用。

(adjetivo) cobarde; pusilánime; miedoso; gallina; acobardado [Ortografía alternativa de chicken-hearted.]

Su **cobardía** ante la confrontación a menudo lo dejaba explotado.

(adjectif) poltron; lâche; couard; peureux; froussard [Qui manque de courage face à l'adversité ; lâche, poltron.]

Son approche poltronne face aux conflits lui valait souvent d'être exploité.

(Adjektiv) feige; ängstlich; hasenfüßig [Alternative Schreibweise von *chicken-hearted*; feige oder ängstlich.]

Sein **chickenhearted** Verhalten in Konflikten führte oft dazu, dass er ausgenutzt wurde.

(形容詞) 臆病な、勇気がない(chicken-heartedの別綴り)。

対決に対する彼の臆病な態度は、よく彼を利用される結果になった。

(adjetivo) covarde; medroso; pusilânime; tímido [Grafia alternativa de chicken-hearted.]

Sua abordagem covarde em confrontos frequentemente fazia com que ele fosse explorado.

Word parts: chicken + heart + ed

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