Synonyms for yellow-bellied
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : yel-oh-bel-eed |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈyɛl oʊˌbɛl id |
Top 10 synonyms for yellow-bellied
- base
- caitiff
- changeable
- chicken
- chicken-hearted
- coward
- cowardly
- cowering
- cowhearted
- craven
- debilitated
- diffident
- dismayed
- enervated
- faint-hearted
- fainthearted
- fearful
- feeble
- forceless
- frightened
- gutless
- having the willies
- hemming and hawing
- hesitant
- hesitating
- impotent
- inadequate
- indeterminate
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- irresolute
- jittery
- lacking courage
- lily-livered
- nerveless
- nervous
- no guts
- on the fence
- panicky
- paper tiger
- petrified
- pigeonhearted
- pithless
- poltroonish
- pusillanimous
- recreant
- retiring
- running scared
- scared
- shrinking
- shy
- soft
- spineless
- spiritless
- squeamish
- submissive
- tentative
- timid
- timorous
- uncertain
- undecided
- undetermined
- vacillating
- waffling
- wavering
- weak
- weak-kneed
- weak-willed
- wimpish
- wimpy
- wishy-washy
- without guts
- worthless
- wussy
- yellow
- yellow-bellied
Définition of yellow-bellied
- As in nerveless : adj scared to death
- As in spineless : adj cowardly
- As in weak-minded : adj indecisive
- As in chickenhearted : adj cowardly
- As in cowardly : adj fearful
- As in craven : adj weak, timid
- As in gutless : adj timid
- One of these was with a yellow-bellied woodpecker, the first I had ever seen.
- Extract from : « Birds in the Bush » by Bradford Torrey
- "Wal, you yellow-bellied neutrals," he said, his voice cold and his eyes hard.
- Extract from : « A Man to His Mate » by J. Allan Dunn
- The Yellow-bellied Acanthurus is armed with a spine of considerable length upon its tail.
- Extract from : « The Evolution of Culture » by Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers
- As the yellow-bellied woodpecker was the most abundant species in these woods, I attributed it to him.
- Extract from : « A Year in the Fields » by John Burroughs
- He is a dog—and the pup of a dog—red, yellow-bellied, lairless, and haired between every toe!
- Extract from : « The Second Jungle Book » by Rudyard Kipling
- The scarcity of this bird, and the absence of the red-bellied and the yellow-bellied, were among the surprises of my visit.
- Extract from : « Spring notes from Tennessee » by Bradford Torrey
- Yellow-bellied ore-flats and Ungava petrol-tanks punted down leisurely out of the north like strings of unfrightened wild duck.
- Extract from : « With The Night Mail » by Rudyard Kipling
- The other day I saw a yellow-bellied woodpecker alight upon a decaying beech and proceed to drill for a grub.
- Extract from : « Ways of Nature » by John Burroughs
- Yellow-bellied ore-flats and Ungava petrol-tanks punted down leisurely out of the north, like strings of unfrightened wild duck.
- Extract from : « Actions and Reactions » by Rudyard Kipling
- The yellow-bellied woodpecker knows its value, taking it with head jauntily awry and quiet wing-tremblings of delight.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 » by Various
Antonyms for yellow-bellied
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