Englishfaint-hearted
adjective
the more faint-hearted tenants left after the raid:
timid, timorous, nervous, easily scared, easily frightened, scared, fearful, afraid, trembling, quaking, cowering, daunted;
cowardly, craven, spiritless, spineless, pusillanimous, weak, weak-willed, unmanly, lily-livered, pigeon-hearted, weak-kneed, weakling;
British nervy;
Scottish feart;
informal soft, jumpy, jittery, chicken, chicken-hearted, chicken-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied, gutless, sissy, wimpy, wimpish;
British, informal wet;
North American, informal spooked, candy-assed;
North American, vulgar slang chickenshit;
archaic recreant, poor-spirited;
archaic , informal funky.
▷antonyms bold; brave.
faint-hearted Oxford Dictionary of English