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faintheartedness en · NOUN

Etymology

From fainthearted + -ness.

Meanings

  1. 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.

Forms

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Antonyms

stoutheartedness (antonym(s) of “quality or state of being fainthearted”)

Relateds

faintheartedly · fainthearted

Synonyms

fearfulness (quality or state of being fainthearted)

Translations (4)

tr ürkeklik (The quality or state of being fainthearted) · pl atymia (The quality or state of being fainthearted) · ro temere (The quality or state of being fainthearted) · grc ἀθυμία (The quality or state of being fainthearted)