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recreant

noun

1 recreant

An abject coward.

synonyms: craven, poltroon.

Roget 949: bad man, wrongdoer, worker of iniquity; evildoer etc. 913; sinner; the wicked etc. 945; bad example.    villain, rascal, ... show more

Roget 862: cowardice, pusillanimity; cowardliness etc. adj.; timidity, effeminacy.    poltroonery, baseness; dastardness, dastardy; abject fear, funk; ... show more

2 recreant

A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc..

synonyms: apostate, deserter, ratter, renegade, turncoat.

Roget 941: knave, rogue; Scapin, rascal; Lazarillo de Tormes; bad man etc. 949; blackguard etc. 949; barrater, barrator; ... show more

Dutch: overloper, outlaw, afgevallene, afvallige, apostaat, deserteur, dissident, geloofsverzaker, kerkverlater
Polish: apostata, odstępca, odszczepieniec, przechrzta, zaprzaniec

adjective

1 recreant

Having deserted a cause or principle:
— Some provinces had proved recreant.

synonym: renegade.

Roget 945: vicious; sinful; sinning etc. v.; wicked, iniquitous, immoral, unrighteous, wrong, criminal; naughty, incorrect; ... show more

Roget 940: dishonest, dishonorable; unconscientious, unscrupulous; fraudulent etc. 545; knavish; disgraceful etc. (disreputable) 974; wicked etc. ... show more

2 recreant

Lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful:
— This recreant knight.

synonym: craven.

Roget 862: coward, cowardly; fearful, shy; timid, timorous; skittish; poor-spirited, spiritless, soft, effeminate.    weak-minded; infirm of purpose etc. ... show more


Moby thesaurus: Sabbath-breaker, apostate, arrant coward, atheist, atheistic, backslider, backsliding, bad egg, bad lot, base, black sheep, blackguardly, blasphemer, blasphemous, bolter, caitiff, collaborationist, collaborative, collaborator, convert ... show more.

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