recreant
a . 胆小的,怯懦的,不义的
n . 胆怯者,不义的人,叛徒,懦夫
胆小的,怯懦的,不义的胆怯者,不义的人,叛徒,懦夫
recreant adj 1 :
having deserted a cause or principle ; "
some provinces had proved recreant "; "
renegade supporters of the usurper "
[
synonym : {
recreant }, {
renegade }]
2 :
lacking even the rudiments of courage ;
abjectly fearful ; "
the craven fellow turned and ran "; "
a craven proposal to raise the white flag "; "
this recreant knight "-
Spenser [
synonym :
{
craven }, {
recreant }]
n 1 :
an abject coward [
synonym : {
poltroon }, {
craven }, {
recreant }]
2 :
a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc . [
synonym : {
deserter },
{
apostate }, {
renegade }, {
turncoat }, {
recreant }, {
ratter }]
Recreant \
Rec "
re *
ant \ (-
ant ),
a . [
OF .,
cowardly ,
fr .
recroire ,
recreire ,
to forsake ,
leave ,
tire ,
discourage ,
regard as conquered ,
LL .
recredere se to declare one '
s self conquered in combat ;
hence ,
those are called recrediti or recreanti who are considered infamous ;
L .
pref .
re -
again ,
back credere to believe ,
to be of opinion ;
hence ,
originally ,
to disavow one '
s opinion .
See {
Creed }.]
1 .
Crying for mercy ,
as a combatant in the trial by battle ;
yielding ;
cowardly ;
mean -
spirited ;
craven . "
This recreant knight ." --
Spenser .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Apostate ;
false ;
unfaithful .
[
1913 Webster ]
Who ,
for so many benefits received ,
Turned recreant to God ,
ingrate and false . --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
Recreant \
Rec "
re *
ant \,
n .
One who yields in combat ,
and begs for mercy ;
a mean -
spirited ,
cowardly wretch . --
Blackstone .
[
1913 Webster ]
You are all recreants and dastards ! --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
110 Moby Thesaurus words for "
recreant ":
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 ,
craven ,
dastard ,
dastardly ,
defector ,
degenerate ,
degraded ,
derelict ,
deserter ,
disaffected ,
disloyal ,
dunghill ,
dunghilly ,
faithless ,
fallen ,
fallen angel ,
fallen from grace ,
false ,
fickle ,
fifth columnist ,
impious ,
inconstant ,
infamous ,
irreligious ,
irreverent ,
knavish ,
lapsed ,
lecher ,
lost sheep ,
lost soul ,
miscreant ,
mugwump ,
not true to ,
notorious ,
of bad faith ,
perfidious ,
pervert ,
pimp ,
poltroon ,
poltroonish ,
profanatory ,
profane ,
profligate ,
proselyte ,
pusillanimous ,
quisling ,
rascally ,
rat ,
recidivist ,
recidivistic ,
renegade ,
renegado ,
renegate ,
reprobate ,
reversionist ,
roguish ,
runagate ,
sacrilegious ,
sacrilegist ,
scampish ,
scapegrace ,
schismatic ,
scoundrelly ,
seceder ,
secessionist ,
separatist ,
sneak ,
sorry lot ,
strikebreaker ,
tergiversant ,
tergiversating ,
tergiversator ,
traitor ,
traitorous ,
treacherous ,
treasonable ,
treasonous ,
trollop ,
trothless ,
turnabout ,
turncoat ,
turntail ,
unbeliever ,
undutiful ,
unfaithful ,
unloyal ,
unsteadfast ,
untrue ,
vile ,
villainous ,
whore
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