Antonyms for spineless

Grammar : Adj

Spell : spahyn-lis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈspaɪn lɪs

Definition of spineless

Origin : 1827, of animals, from spine + -less. Meaning "lacking moral force" is from 1885. Related: Spinelessly; spinelessness.

adj cowardly

Example sentences :

He was one of the kind that you naturally would, being sort of meek and spineless.
Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford

"Idealistic, in a way, but spineless and corrupt," Garlock announced to all.
Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith

Of these the two which I have seen most of are the Hathaway and the Spineless.
Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting » by Various

The four meridian planes are in Actinastrum the same as in the Icosacantha, crossed in the spineless axis at angles of 45.
Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel

Since 'Lish is so spineless at his job, I may's well tell you what we come for.
Extract from : « Shifting Sands » by Sara Ware Bassett

Be frank, please; have you not been fighting only spineless, opium-fed animals?'
Extract from : « Autobiography of a YOGI » by Paramhansa Yogananda

Then I'm so low, so worthless, so spineless that I can't even be bad?
Extract from : « The Border Legion » by Zane Grey

The called it individualism, but Nelson called it spineless.
Extract from : « The Happy Man » by Gerald Wilburn Page

By this no one should infer that they are weak or spineless.
Extract from : « Great Singers on the Art of Singing » by James Francis Cooke

I'm a spineless jellyfish, a weathercock that whirls to every emotional breeze.
Extract from : « Big Timber » by Bertrand W. Sinclair

Synonyms for spineless

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