🔤 Pusillanimous (Adjective)
IPA: /ˌpjuːsɪˈlænɪməs/
✨ Use pusillanimous when "cowardly" just doesn’t feel strong or formal enough.
🧠 Meaning
Lacking courage or determination; timid or cowardly.
✍️ Example Sentences
🔹 His pusillanimous refusal to speak up during the meeting disappointed the entire team.
🔹 Don’t be pusillanimous—stand up for what you believe in.
📜 Word Origin
From Latin pusillus (very small) + animus (spirit), literally meaning “small-minded” or “little spirit.”
💡 Did You Know?
Though rarely used in casual speech, pusillanimous is a powerful word to call out cowardice—especially of the intellectual or moral kind.
🏷️ Related Words
#timid
#spineless
#fainthearted
#cowardly
#gutless
#craven
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