no balls
Too scared to
No balls is a taunt challenging someone's courage, implying they lack the testicles associated with masculine bravery.
It often functions as a dare: No balls you won't jump off that cliff.
The phrase suggests cowardice or unwillingness to take a risk.
Someone might also use it reflexively: I wanted to ask her out but I had no balls.
Lacking bravery or nerve
- spinelessLacking courage or resolve
- chickenDomestic fowl for eating
- yellowHue between green and orange
- weakLacking power or force
timid · fearful · scared · wimp · coward · faint-hearted · lily-livered · soft
gutless
Lacking bravery or nerve
- spinelessLacking courage or resolve
- chickenDomestic fowl for eating
- yellowHue between green and orange
weak · timid · fearful · scared · wimp · coward · faint-hearted · lily-livered · soft · hesitant
dare
Challenge to act boldly
mock · jeer · ridicule · tease · heckle · call out · question · doubt · test · confront
crude
Unpolished, raw state
- obsceneGrossly offensive to decency
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
crass · coarse · raunchy · inappropriate · indecent · taboo · locker room · foul · explicit · uncouth
guts
Entrails or boldness
daring · moxie · backbone · spine · mettle · cojones · stones · brass · audacity · pluck
- pitch countsfull count, pitcher's count, two strikes
- cricketbatsman, bowler, wicket, bat, innings
no ballsballsy
Daringly courageous, informal
gutsy · balls · guts · brass balls · courageous
ball, balls, balled, balling, ballroom, baseball, basketball, football, snowball