1) Pansy - Formerly a woman. If you call a man pansy it means he is weak and effeminate.
2) Sissy - The word is derived from sister (sis) and is used to call a man who is very girly ,effeminate and weak.
3) Chicken/ Chikenshit - In English we commonly use animal comparison to describe the attributes of people. If someone's chicken or chickenshit it means they always get scared easily.
4) Cry Baby - Common insult for a person who whines too much and is always afraid to do things.
5) Mama's Boy - If you call someone a Mama's boy it basically means they need their mothers to protect them or they are overly attached to their mothers and cannot take their own decisions.
6) Cream Puff - It is a pastry filled with custard or whipped cream and is used as insult as it denotes femininity.
7) Pigeon hearted - Again this is a slang used for a person who gets scared very easily.
8) Grow a pair of balls - It is quite a vulgar term and it literally means that having testicles is being masculine. So if you say Grow a pair of balls it actually means be a man and don't be a coward.
9) Gutless - Having guts (organs) is generally used as a term of endearment for someone who is very brave so being gutless refers to one's cowardice.
10) Worm - This term is commonly used by the Army people for cowards.
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