Abject pusillanimity.

Roget 862: cowardice, pusillanimity; cowardliness etc. adj.; timidity, effeminacy.    poltroonery, baseness; dastardness^†, dastardy^†; abject fear, funk; Dutch courage; fear etc. 860; white feather, faint heart; cold feet [U.S.], yellow streak [Slang].    coward, poltroon, dastard, sneak, recreant; shy cock, dunghill cock; coistril^†, milksop, white liver, lily liver, nidget^†, one that cannot say 'boo' to a goose; slink; Bob Acres, Jerry Sneak.    alarmist, terrorist^†, pessimist; runagate etc. (fugitive) 623.    ... meer laten zien