gutless
Adjective
- Lacking courage or determination; cowardly.
- lacking courage or vitality
- "he was a yellow gutless worm"
Adjective Satellite
- weak in willpower, courage or vitality
Adj
- Without a gut.
- Cowardly; lacking courage or morals.
Examples
- A gutless Scrabble player always takes the easy points, avoiding risky bingos.
Origin / Etymology
From gut + -less.
Synonyms
namby-pamby, spineless, wishy-washy, boneless, chicken, chicken-hearted, chickenshit, cowardly, craven, dastardly, fainthearted, fearful, gutless, heartless, hen-hearted, kiasi, lily-livered, milky, mousy, niddering, nidering, niding, nithing, poor-spirited, pusillanimous, sissy, timid, timorous, unhearty, weak-kneed, wimpish, yellow, yellow-bellied
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 8
gutless: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgutless: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gutless: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary