gutlessness
Lack of courage
Gutlessness is a lack of courage or resolve—the quality of being too timid to take necessary action or stand by one's convictions.
The word carries contempt, implying not just fear but a fundamental weakness of character: His gutlessness in the face of injustice disgusted everyone.
Where cowardice might be situational, gutlessness suggests a deeper deficiency.
Lack of courage
- cravennessContemptible lack of bravery
- pusillanimityContemptible lack of courage
- faintheartednessLacking resolve or nerve
- poltrooneryContemptible lack of bravery
dastardliness · lily-livered · chickenhearted · yellow-bellied · cringing · quailing · funk · defeatism
Lack of courage
- powerlessnessInability to affect outcomes
- impotenceLack of strength or power
- ineffectivenessFailure to achieve results
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
inadequacy · feebleness · incompetence · incapacity · vulnerability · ineptitude · inefficacy · wishy-washy
spinelessness
Lack of courage
- cravennessContemptible lack of bravery
- pusillanimityContemptible lack of courage
- faintheartednessLacking resolve or nerve
poltroonery · dastardliness · lily-livered · chickenhearted · yellow-bellied · cringing · quailing · funk · defeatism · white-livered
spinelessness
Lack of courage
- powerlessnessInability to affect outcomes
- impotenceLack of strength or power
- ineffectivenessFailure to achieve results
helplessness · inadequacy · feebleness · incompetence · incapacity · vulnerability · ineptitude · inefficacy · wishy-washy · pushover
- timiditybashfulness, shyness, timidness, timorousness, meekness
gutlessnesscourage
Fortitude facing danger
bravery · gutsiness · fearlessness · valor · pluck
gutlessnessbackbone
Vertebral column, or courage
moral courage · strength of character · fortitude · spine · grit
gutlessnessendurance
Sustained effort capacity
tenacity · perseverance · grit · determination · doggedness
guts, gutter, gutsy, gutless, gutting, guttered, gutsiness, guttersnipe, midgut