pusillanimous
ਡਰਪੋਕ
definition
adjective
And yes, incidentally, I do know that it's ignoble and cowardly and pusillanimous , but I'll swap you for a decent night's sleep.
showing a lack of courage or determination; timid.
example
For the British, however, it has all turned to dust, surrendered by the 'pusillanimous' politicians.
Of course, these allegations do need to be investigated, but I can't help but suspect that the timing is at best 'pusillanimous' .
On his mission to Fort George he evidently perceived that there was to be no relief column from the 'pusillanimous' Webb.
Perhaps by reviewing a few highlights from my former life I might be able to explain how I adopted this 'pusillanimous' attitude.
You can thank a crowd of 'pusillanimous' state legislators for that.
From the other end of the political spectrum come the 'pusillanimous' speech codes on our college campuses.
The other Congress chief minister cannot be described as 'pusillanimous' by any stretch of imagination.
With a 'pusillanimous' flourish, I moved in - but simultaneously I made secret arrangements to maintain the lease on my own flat.
He will not want to be remembered for tuition fees, nor for the 'pusillanimous' creation of foundation hospitals.
Neither of these 'pusillanimous' reactions is remotely appropriate.
The health motivation was 'pusillanimous' and puritanical.
He was just too 'pusillanimous' to face me after I'd discovered that he had deceived me.
And yes, incidentally, I do know that it's ignoble and cowardly and 'pusillanimous' , but I'll swap you for a decent night's sleep.
They are supposed to abhor 'pusillanimous' or sycophantic behavior.
Pray do not continue such 'pusillanimous' writings.
Eventually, by its own lights, the movie stands or falls by what it has to say about race, and this is 'pusillanimous' and muddled.
But I suppose we can rely on you to be as 'pusillanimous' as ever.
Forever is a 'pusillanimous' way of saying ‘as long as I live.’
Once again, those 'pusillanimous' , patronising, mealy-mouthed lectionary compilers have excelled themselves.
Whose fault is it - the inadequate voters or the 'pusillanimous' politicians?
The question then is, is this 'pusillanimity' on his part?
Of course, poor Neville does conjure nasty associations with cowardice and 'pusillanimity' .
But at the moment, under Putin, Russia is launched on a different, worse trajectory, and western leaders have been united in their 'pusillanimity' towards it.
His fault, if anything, is 'pusillanimity' of a kind that is alarmingly becoming the hallmark of Congress chief ministers.
Against such a background of 'pusillanimity' , Toscanini comes off as all the more courageous.
The Energy White Paper of 2003 should have given a clear green light to a new nuclear reactor: instead, it 'pusillanimously' avoided debate.
And Washington is repeating the sins of the past while our pundits 'pusillanimously' blank out.
The comedy is, however, 'pusillanimously' counterweighted with a solemn and Oprah-ish subtext that these are way important issues.
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