chickenhearted adj 1: easily frightened [syn: {chicken}, {chickenhearted}, {lily-livered}, {white-livered}, {yellow}, {yellow- bellied}]
chickenhearted \chickenhearted\, Chicken-hearted \Chick"en-heart`ed\, a. Timid; fearful; cowardly; easily frightened. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]