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.

Is poor-spirited a common word?

poor-spirited is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with poor-spirited?

2 words rhyme with poor-spirited. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.