weakhearted

[ week-hahr-tid ]

/ ˈwikˈhɑr tɪd /

without courage or fortitude; fainthearted.

Origin of weakhearted

First recorded in 1540–50; weak + hearted

weak·heart·ed·ly, adverb weak·heart·ed·ness, noun

weaken, weaker sex, weakest link, weakfish, weakhanded, weakhearted, weakish, weakling, weakly, weakness, weal

"Some may—some weak-hearted persons," said my father, reluctantly.

Jacques Bonneval |Anne Manning
She wur nowt but a desolate, homely lass, as seemt to ha' no place i' th' world, an' yet wur tender and weak-hearted to th' core.

"Seth" |Frances Hodgson Burnett
It was told afterward by the Shawnees that he killed more than that weak-hearted one during the long day.

A Virginia Scout |Hugh Pendexter
Why do they now bend to adopt a path that in former days was only trodden by the weak-hearted and the timid?

Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. |Charles James Lever

The weak-hearted apprehended coming troubles; the resolute prepared to brave them.

The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving |Washington Irving