pusillanime

Elle refusait de passer pour pusillanime.
She refused to be seen as cowardly.
Les élus pusillanimes ont évité de trancher.
The timorous elected officials avoided making a decision.
Sa décision pusillanime a déçu l'équipe.
His lily-livered decision disappointed the team.
Une réponse pusillanime ne suffira pas face à la crise.
A timid response will not suffice in the crisis.
Le directeur s'est montré pusillanime devant le conflit.
The director proved faint-hearted in the face of conflict.

Similar words

irrésolu

couard

timoré

pleutre

craintif

Une réponse pusillanime ne suffira pas face à la crise.
A timid response will not suffice in the crisis.
Le directeur s'est montré pusillanime devant le conflit.
The director proved faint-hearted in the face of conflict.
Sa décision pusillanime a déçu l'équipe.
His lily-livered decision disappointed the team.
Les élus pusillanimes ont évité de trancher.
The timorous elected officials avoided making a decision.
Elle refusait de passer pour pusillanime.
She refused to be seen as cowardly.

timoré

craintif

couard

pleutre

irrésolu

From Latin pusillanimis, literally “small-spirited”.

What does pusillanime mean?

Too timid to act with needed courage.

Can it describe a decision?

Yes, a decision may show undue timidity.

Is it used as a noun?

Yes, French can speak of un pusillanime.

Does its form change for feminine?

No, the adjective has the same singular form.

How is it pronounced?

It is pronounced /pyzilanim/.

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