faintheartedness
See also: faint-heartedness
English edit
Etymology edit
From fainthearted + -ness.
Noun edit
faintheartedness (plural faintheartednesses)
- The quality or state of being fainthearted.
- 1899, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (transl.), The New Life (La Vita Nuova) of Dante Alighieri, Siddall edition, pages 77-78.
- In the third, I say what it is I purpose to speak so as not to be impeded by faintheartedness.
- 1899, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (transl.), The New Life (La Vita Nuova) of Dante Alighieri, Siddall edition, pages 77-78.
Synonyms edit
- (quality or state of being fainthearted): fearfulness
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "quality or state of being fainthearted"): stoutheartedness