recreant
cowardly or craven.
unfaithful, disloyal, or traitorous.
a coward.
an apostate, traitor, or renegade.
Origin of recreant
1Other words for recreant
1 | dastardly, pusillanimous, base, faint-hearted, yellow |
2 | faithless, untrue, apostate |
3 | dastard |
Opposites for recreant
Other words from recreant
- rec·re·ance, rec·re·an·cy, noun
- rec·re·ant·ly, adverb
- un·rec·re·ant, adjective
Words Nearby recreant
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How to use recreant in a sentence
I had rather prove recreant to the oath I took before I realized the worth of the woman whose happiness I vowed to destroy.
The Circular Study | Anna Katharine GreenWhile thus employed there came almost bursting into the room a man struck with remorse—Jefferies, the recreant postmaster.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles ReadeIt was possible that, when nothing more was to be gained by falsehoods, his recreant friend would clear his fame once for all.
Sir Walter Ralegh | William StebbingNot for a moment did the Doctor believe that his recreant son pondered wisely and deeply these successive epistles of his.
Thus far had my conscience written with my pen; and see what a recreant she had made of me!
Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9) | Samuel Richardson
British Dictionary definitions for recreant
/ (ˈrɛkrɪənt) archaic /
cowardly; faint-hearted
disloyal
a disloyal or cowardly person
Origin of recreant
1Derived forms of recreant
- recreance or recreancy, noun
- recreantly, adverb
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