pusillanimity

Meaning

The quality or state of being pusillanimous; the vice of being timid and cowardly, and thus not living up to one's full potential; pusillanimousness.

Synonyms

cowardice

faintheartedness

pusillanimousness

timidity

fearfulness

heartlessness

poltroonery

diffidence

rawness

sheepishness

shyness

timorousness

timidness

dismay

Translations

pusilanimidad

pusilanimidade

pusillanimité

korkaklık

Verzagtheit

pusillanimità

cobardía

δειλία

μικροψυχία

λιποψυχία

pusil·lanimitat

apocament

viltà

pusillanimitas

lafhartigheid

Etymology

From pusillanim(ous) + -ity, from Middle French pusillanimité, from the ecclesiastical Latin pusillanimis, from pusillus (puny) + animus (spirit) + -ous. A translation of the Greek ὀλιγόψυχος (oligópsukhos, “faint-hearted”).