Usually means: Lacking courage, timid, easily frightened.
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  1. hen-hearted: Wordnik
  2. hen-hearted: Wiktionary
  3. Hen-hearted, hen-hearted: Dictionary.com
  4. Hen-hearted: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. hen-hearted: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Hen-hearted: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. hen-hearted: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Hen-hearted: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hen-hearted)

▸ adjective:  (archaic) Cowardly; timid.

Similar:
cowhearted, liver-hearted, chicken-hearted, chickenhearted, cow-hearted, hare-hearted, weakhearted, pigeon-hearted, pigeon-livered, dog-hearted, more...

Opposite:
brave, courageous, bold, fearless, valiant

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Similar:
cowhearted, liver-hearted, chicken-hearted, chickenhearted, cow-hearted, hare-hearted, weakhearted, pigeon-hearted, pigeon-livered, dog-hearted, more...

Opposite:
brave, courageous, bold, fearless, valiant



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