poltroonish

poltroonish
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  • Poltroonish — Pol*troon ish, a. Resembling a poltroon; cowardly. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • poltroonish — adjective Resembling a poltroon; cowardly …   Wiktionary

  • 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

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