Antonyms for spineless


Grammar : Adj
Spell : spahyn-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈspaɪn lɪs


Definition of spineless

Origin :
  • 1827, of animals, from spine + -less. Meaning "lacking moral force" is from 1885. Related: Spinelessly; spinelessness.
  • adj cowardly
Example sentences :
  • He was one of the kind that you naturally would, being sort of meek and spineless.
  • Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
  • "Idealistic, in a way, but spineless and corrupt," Garlock announced to all.
  • Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • Of these the two which I have seen most of are the Hathaway and the Spineless.
  • Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting » by Various
  • The four meridian planes are in Actinastrum the same as in the Icosacantha, crossed in the spineless axis at angles of 45.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Since 'Lish is so spineless at his job, I may's well tell you what we come for.
  • Extract from : « Shifting Sands » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • Be frank, please; have you not been fighting only spineless, opium-fed animals?'
  • Extract from : « Autobiography of a YOGI » by Paramhansa Yogananda
  • Then I'm so low, so worthless, so spineless that I can't even be bad?
  • Extract from : « The Border Legion » by Zane Grey
  • The called it individualism, but Nelson called it spineless.
  • Extract from : « The Happy Man » by Gerald Wilburn Page
  • By this no one should infer that they are weak or spineless.
  • Extract from : « Great Singers on the Art of Singing » by James Francis Cooke
  • I'm a spineless jellyfish, a weathercock that whirls to every emotional breeze.
  • Extract from : « Big Timber » by Bertrand W. Sinclair

Synonyms for spineless

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