Caitiff

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  • noun. A despicable coward; a wretch.
  • adjective. Despicable and cowardly.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Captive.
  • Wretched; miserable.
  • Servile; base; ignoble; cowardly.
  • noun. A captive; a prisoner; a slave.
  • noun. A mean villain; a despicable knave; one who is both wicked and mean.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Captive; wretched; unfortunate.
  • adjective. Base; wicked and mean; cowardly; despicable.
  • noun. A captive; a prisoner.
  • noun. A wretched or unfortunate man.
  • noun. A mean, despicable person; one whose character meanness and wickedness meet.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A base or despicable person; a wretch
  • noun. a captive or prisoner, particularly a galley slave
  • noun. a villain, a coward or wretch
  • adjective. Especially despicable; cowardly
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. despicably mean and cowardly
  • noun. a cowardly and despicable person
    • Word Usage
    "The "caitiff" in these chronicles of when knighthood was in flower is invariably hanged from "the highest battlement" -- the second highest would not do at all; or else he is thrown into "the deepest dungeon of the castle" -- the second deepest dungeon was never known to be used on these occasions."
    Equivalent
    cowardly  fearful  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cur  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    betrayer  cold-pack  cutpurse  flatterer  foresworn  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    base  captive  contemptible  cowardly  despicable  
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