poltroonish
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Poltroonish — Pol*troon ish, a. Resembling a poltroon; cowardly. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
poltroonish — index caitiff Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
poltroonish — pol·troon·ish … English syllables
poltroonish — … Useful english dictionary
poltroon — poltroonery, n. poltroonish, adj. poltroonishly, adv. /pol troohn /, n. 1. a wretched coward; craven. adj. 2. marked by utter cowardice. [1520 30; earlier pultrowne, pultron, poultroone < MF poultron < OIt poltrone idler, coward, deriv. of poltro … Universalium
caitiff — I adjective abject, afraid, base, baseborn, brutish, churlish, craven, currish, dastardly, despicable, faint hearted, fear stricken, ignoble, ignominious, low, lowborn, mean spirited, of low extraction, of low origin, of mean extraction, of mean… … Law dictionary
base — Synonyms and related words: CP, GHQ, HQ, Mickey Mouse, abhorrent, abject, abominable, acid, acidity, agent, alkali, alkalinity, alloisomer, anchor, angle, anion, antacid, antecedents, arrant, atom, atrocious, awful, background, bad, baluster,… … Moby Thesaurus
chicken — Synonyms and related words: Ancona, Andalusian, Australorp, Bantam, Brahma, Campine, Cochin, Cornish, Cornish hen, Hamburg, Hershey bar, Leghorn, Lord Fauntleroy, Milquetoast, New Hampshire red, Orpington, Percy, Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island red,… … Moby Thesaurus
coward — Synonyms and related words: Milquetoast, Scaramouch, baby, big baby, caitiff, chicken, chicken liver, craven, dastard, fraid cat, fraidy cat, funk, funker, gutless, invertebrate, jellyfish, lily liver, lily livered, milksop, mouse, poltroon,… … Moby Thesaurus
cowardly — Synonyms and related words: abulic, afraid, anemic, asthenic, bashful, bloodless, caitiff, chicken, chickenhearted, coward, cowed, craven, dastardly, daunted, debilitated, diffident, dismayed, drooping, droopy, dull, effete, etiolated, faint,… … Moby Thesaurus
