'chickenhearted' definitions:

Definition of 'chickenhearted'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Easily frightened [syn: chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow- bellied]

Definition of 'chickenhearted'

From: GCIDE
  • chickenhearted \chickenhearted\, Chicken-hearted \Chick"en-heart`ed\, a. Timid; fearful; cowardly; easily frightened. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]