recreant

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
• Syn:
deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, ratter
• Derivationally related forms:
rat (for: ratter), renegade (for: renegade), apostate (for: apostate), apostatize (for: apostate), apostatise (for: apostate), desert (for: deserter)
• Hypernyms:
quitter
2. an abject coward
• Syn:
poltroon, craven
• Derivationally related forms:
poltroon (for: poltroon)
• Hypernyms:
coward

II - adjective

1. having deserted a cause or principle
- some provinces had proved recreant
- renegade supporters of the usurper
• Syn:
renegade
• Similar to:
disloyal
• Derivationally related forms:
renegade (for: 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
• Syn:
craven
• Similar to:
cowardly, fearful
• Derivationally related forms:
cravenness (for: craven)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  craven, renegade, deserter, apostate, turncoat, ratter, poltroon