faint-hearted

1. 1.

   lacking conviction or boldness or courage

   “faint heart ne'er won fair lady”

   Synonymsfaintfaintheartedtimid

   Similarcowardly

Questions about faint-hearted

What does faint-hearted mean?

faint-hearted means "lacking conviction or boldness or courage".

How many syllables are in faint-hearted?

faint-hearted has 4 syllables and divides as fa-in-t-hear-ted under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.