ball-less
Without spherical objects
Lacking balls—that is, lacking courage or assertiveness.
The word plays on the slang sense of balls as boldness or nerve, implying someone is timid or spineless: That was a ball-less move, backing down like that.
Vulgar and insulting, with sexist overtones that equate masculinity with bravery.
Lacking courage or resolve
- gutlessLacking bravery or nerve
- timidLacking courage or confidence
- weakLacking power or force
- unmanlyLacking traditional masculine qualities
cowardly · meek · pusillanimous · chickenhearted · wimpy · feeble · craven · yellow
Deprived of gonads
- neuteredRendered infertile surgically
- geldedSurgically sterilized male animal
- emasculatedDeprived of vigor
- eunuchCastrated male servant
desexed · spayed · orchiectomy · sterilized · altered · fixed · snipped · capon
Having no receptacles
- jointlessHaving no articulation points
- unhingedMentally or emotionally unstable
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- unmountedNot fixed in place
spineless
Lacking courage or resolve
unmanly · cowardly · meek · pusillanimous · chickenhearted · wimpy · feeble · craven · yellow · soft
castrated
Deprived of gonads
- neuteredRendered infertile surgically
- geldedSurgically sterilized male animal
- emasculatedDeprived of vigor
eunuch · desexed · spayed · orchiectomy · sterilized · altered · fixed · snipped · capon · steer
socketless
Having no receptacles
- jointlessHaving no articulation points
- unhingedMentally or emotionally unstable
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
ball-lessballsy
Daringly courageous, informal
brave · courageous · gutsy · bold · fearless
ball-lessassertive
Confidently self-assured
aggressive · forceful · dominant · alpha · hard-nosed
ball, balls, balled, balling, ballsy, less, lessen, lessened, lessening