pusillanimity

Questions about pusillanimity

What does pusillanimity mean?

pusillanimity means "contemptible fearfulness".

How many syllables are in pusillanimity?

pusillanimity has 6 syllables: pu-sil-la-ni-mi-ty. The stress falls on "ni".

What is another word for pusillanimity?

Close synonyms include pusillanimousness. 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 pusillanimity a common word?

pusillanimity 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.