gutless

English

Etymology

From gut +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

gutless (not comparable)

1. Without a gut.
   • 2015 November 16, Lanjuan Li, Infectious Microecology: Theory and Applications, Springer, →ISBN, page 213:

     This approach was firstly used in a metagenomic context to study the microbial community associated with the gutless worm Olavius algarvensis.

2. (informal) Cowardly; lacking courage or morals.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cowardly

   • 1996, Eric Bogosian, SubUrbia (motion picture), spoken by Jeff (Giovanni Ribisi):

     No, you lied to me. You lied to me because you're gutless. You're a gutless drunken loser.

Derived terms

• gutless wonder
• gutlessly
• gutlessness

Translations

cowardly — see cowardly

Anagrams

• getsuls, tugless