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Adjective: chickenhearted  ,chi-kin'haa(r)-tid
Usage: informal
  1. Easily frightened
    "You're too chickenhearted to do anything about it";
    - chicken [informal], lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied [informal], chicken-livered

See also: cowardly, fearful