recreant English

Meaning recreant meaning

What does recreant mean?

recreant

— adjective (= renegade) having deserted a cause or principle some provinces had proved recreant renegade supporters of the usurper

— adjective (= craven) 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

— noun (= poltroon) an abject coward

— noun (= deserter) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc

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recreant English » English

renegade

poltroon

craven

coward

traitor

ratter

cowardly

apostate

disloyal

deserter

unfaithful

turncoat

perfidious

dastard

chicken

betrayer

yellow-bellied

wuss

wrong

worthless

wicked

virtueless

villainous

villain

vicious

useless

unworthy

unsatisfactory

unprincipled

unmanly

ungodly

undutiful

unbeliever

treasonist

treacherous

traitorous

tergiversator

stupid

squealer

sinful

shameless

secessionist

rude

refresh

quaker

profligate

pervert

naughty

mollycoddle

lazy