milk-livered (Meaning)

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milk-livered (a.)

White-livered; cowardly; timorous.

milk-livered Sentence Examples

  1. The coward's heart was as milk-livered as a child's, trembling at the slightest provocation.
  2. The betrayer's milk-livered actions filled his comrades with disgust.
  3. The bully's milk-livered nature was exposed when he picked on the weaker student.
  4. The milk-livered thief fled the scene, leaving his accomplice to face the consequences.
  5. The trembling merchant was too milk-livered to stand up to the ruthless bandits.
  6. The doctor's diagnosis was grim: the patient's milk-livered condition was beyond cure.
  7. The politician's milk-livered speech failed to inspire his supporters.
  8. The once-brave warrior became milk-livered after his humiliating defeat.
  9. The milk-livered witness's testimony was useless in court, as he could barely utter a coherent sentence.
  10. The milk-livered animal cowered in fear as the predator approached.

FAQs About the word milk-livered

White-livered; cowardly; timorous.

pusillanimous, yellow, frightened, scared,afraid, cowardly, chicken-livered, chicken, unheroic, craven

dauntless, gutsy, daring, courageous, hardy, bold, brave, stout, bold, gallant

The coward's heart was as milk-livered as a child's, trembling at the slightest provocation.

The betrayer's milk-livered actions filled his comrades with disgust.

The bully's milk-livered nature was exposed when he picked on the weaker student.

The milk-livered thief fled the scene, leaving his accomplice to face the consequences.