SPINELESS • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Spineless

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/spˈaɪnləs/ Listen

adjective

Spineless adj.

Having no spine, or vertebral column.

Having no thorns or barbs.

Lacking in strength of character; cowardly, in a physical or moral sense.

See images of 'Spineless'

Etymology of 'Spineless'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

"Spineless" Quotes from Famous Books

... want to repeat the head lines of this chapter for the benefit of those who are weak-kneed and who are entirely "spineless:" "Nations who have been disgraced by the toleration of popish rule," and we leave it to the reader to decide whether this headline is a misnomer or not, as we have offered you evidence in this chapter that should convince any right-thinking ...

— Thirty Years In Hell - Or, From Darkness to Light • Bernard Fresenborg

... have reason to know that my artist host and his beautiful wife are on bad terms, and from the significant glances with which the announcement of Miss Knowles' presence was met, the state of affairs seems rather clear. Wilson impresses me as a spineless sort, anyhow, and when the lady of the basement shut herself away from the rest today and I happened on "Jimmy," as they call him, pleading with her through the door, I very nearly kicked him down the stairs. Oh, yes, I'll keep out, right ...

— When a Man Marries • Mary Roberts Rinehart