poor-spirited

1. 1.

   lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful

   Synonymspusillanimousunmanly

   Similarcowardly

Questions about poor-spirited

What does poor-spirited mean?

poor-spirited means "lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful".

How many syllables are in poor-spirited?

poor-spirited has 4 syllables: poor--spir-i-ted. The stress falls on "poor-". In IPA it is /ˈpuɹˈspɪɹɪtɪd/.

What is another word for poor-spirited?

Close synonyms include pusillanimous, unmanly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.