milk-livered (Meaning)

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milk-livered (a.)

White-livered; cowardly; timorous.

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.
The trembling merchant was too milk-livered to stand up to the ruthless bandits.
The doctor's diagnosis was grim: the patient's milk-livered condition was beyond cure.
The politician's milk-livered speech failed to inspire his supporters.
The once-brave warrior became milk-livered after his humiliating defeat.
The milk-livered witness's testimony was useless in court, as he could barely utter a coherent sentence.
The milk-livered animal cowered in fear as the predator approached.

White-livered; cowardly; timorous.

careful, chicken,afraid, cowardly, gutless, scared, frightened, chicken-livered, pusillanimous, craven

valorous, valiant, intrepid, brave, courageous,heroic, bold, daring, bold, daring

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.