Poltroon

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  • noun. An utter coward.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard; a fellow without spirit or courage; a dastard; a coward.
  • noun. Synonyms Craven, Dastard, etc. See coward.
  • Base; cowardly; contemptible.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Base; vile; contemptible; cowardly.
  • noun. An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch.
  • adjective. Cowardly.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. characterized by complete cowardliness
  • noun. an abject coward
    • Word Usage
    "Being dismissed as a liar and poltroon translates to “respect”?"
    Equivalent
    cowardly  fearful  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    coward  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    backslider  betrayer  bounder  braggart  cad  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    arrant coward  base  base  caitiff  chicken  
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