yellow-belly
One lacking nerve
Yellow-belly is an informal term for a coward—someone lacking courage or nerve.
The image suggests a soft, vulnerable underside, like an animal exposing its belly in submission.
Often used as a taunt or challenge: Don't be a yellow-belly—just ask her out.
The adjective form is yellow-bellied.
Person lacking bravery
- spinelessLacking courage or resolve
- gutlessLacking bravery or nerve
- chickenDomestic fowl for eating
- wimpTimid, feeble person
timid · fearful · craven · pusillanimous · lily-livered · faint-hearted · weakling · scaredy-cat
coward
Person lacking bravery
wimp · timid · fearful · craven · pusillanimous · lily-livered · faint-hearted · weakling · scaredy-cat · milksop
slider
Adjustable interface element
pond · aquatic · shell · basking · plastron · carapace · freshwater · hatchling · sunning · wetland
marmot
Large burrowing ground squirrel
- rockfishStone-habitat marine swimmer
- sapsuckerBird feeding on tree fluids
- woodpeckerTree-drilling bird
yellowhammer · warbler · finch · sunfish · perch · bass · angling · species · wildlife · birdwatching
- cowardscoward, chicken, wimp, milquetoast, poltroon
- timiditybashfulness, shyness, timidness, timorousness, meekness
yellow-bellyhero
One admired for courage
brave soul · daredevil · warrior · lion · lionheart
yellow-bellyhero
One admired for courage
champion · man of honor · good egg · stand-up guy · mensch
yellow, belly, yellows, yellowed, yellowing, yellowish, bellies, bellied