Word Study
faint-hearted
CIDE DICTIONARY
faint-hearted, a.
Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. [1913 Webster]
"Fear not, neither be faint-hearted."
THESAURUS
faint-hearted
afraid, chicken, cowardly, diffident, faint, feckless, feeble, frightened, ineffectual, irresolute, lily-livered, puny, pusillanimous, scared, shy, timid, timorous, weak, white-liveredFor further exploring for "faint-hearted" in Webster Dictionary Online