Definition of GUTLESS

gutless

Meanings

Adjective

  • lacking courage or vitality
    • "he was a yellow gutless worm"

Adjective Satellite

  • weak in willpower, courage or vitality

Adj

  • Cowardly; lacking courage or morals.

Origin / Etymology

From gut + -less.

Synonyms

boneless, chicken, chicken-hearted, chickenshit, cowardly, craven, dastardly, fainthearted, fearful, gutless, heartless, hen-hearted, kiasi, lily-livered, milky, mousy, namby-pamby, niddering, nidering, niding, nithing, poor-spirited, pusillanimous, sissy, spineless, timid, timorous, unhearty, weak-kneed, wimpish, wishy-washy, yellow, yellow-bellied

Antonyms

gutsy

Scrabble Score: 8

gutless is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
gutless is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gutless is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

gutless is a valid Words With Friends word