HyperDic: lily-livered

English > 1 sense of the word lily-livered:
ADJECTIVEalllily-livered, chicken, chickenhearted, white-livered, yellow, yellow-belliedeasily frightened
English > lily-livered: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningeasily frightened.
Synonymschicken, chickenhearted, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied
Broadercowardly, fearfullacking courage
Usage ofcolloquialismA colloquial expression
Spanishcobarde, gallina, miedoso, temeroso
Catalancagat, covard, gallina, poruc

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