Pusilánime in english
Pusillanimous
pronunciation: pjusəlænəməs part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: pjusəlænəməs part of speech: adjective
In gestures
pusilánime1 = prude ; pushover ; whiner ; wimp ; nesh ; mollycoddle ; milksop ; milquetoast.
Example: For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.Example: The author explores the myths about female leaders; they are either too soft due to their predisposition as nurturers and thus are pushovers; or they are too assertive when they assume an alpha role in the organization.Example: That being said, every normal person can think of places we've worked where we were more like whiners than winners.Example: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.Example: Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.Example: These are the words not of a mollycoddle or a sentimentalist, but of a veteran soldier nation.Example: In fact, he is such a milksop, such a pathetic ninny, that it is hard to believe that Hedda would have married him in the first place.Example: Who would ever have expected such a milquetoast of a man to murder his wife, mother and two kids?.more:
» pusilánimes, los = faint-hearted, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] ; faint of heart, the .
Example: This is a small service for the bold and resolute would find a way of escape anyhow: the faint-hearted and hesitant are those who need to be enticed into a wider world, and they are very numerous. Example: Poetry slams are a form of poetry reading that are not for the faint of heart.pusilánime2 = prudish ; weedy ; lily-livered ; chicken-hearted ; chicken-livered ; white-livered ; pigeon-livered ; pigeon-hearted ; weak-kneed.
Example: In his outward appearance Hitler showed himself as a prudish & ascetic person, overly concerned with personal cleanliness .Example: Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.Example: Many commentators want to blame the Liberal Democrats for this, painting them as lily-livered social democrats with no real appetite for revolutionary change.Example: It's the most chicken-hearted thing I've seen in football in years.Example: If I were to make a New Year's resolution, it would be to stop being chicken-livered and dependent on others.Example: I never could understand why that man is so white-livered.Example: I was so pigeon-livered I had to wait for Emily to propose to me.Example: If you were so pigeon-hearted, why did you enlist in the soldiery in the first place?.Example: At the moment, we're just seeing a weak-kneed policy of appeasement, which isn't going to get the United States or the free world anywhere.