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recreant |
Grep of noun recreant recreant Overview of noun recreant The noun recreant has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. poltroon, craven, recreant -- (an abject coward) 2. deserter, apostate, renegade, recreant -- (a disloyal person who forsakes his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.) Overview of adj recreant The adj recreant has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. recreant, renegade -- (having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper") 2. craven, recreant -- (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) Antonyms of adj recreant 2 senses of recreant Sense 1 recreant, renegade INDIRECT (VIA disloyal) -> loyal Sense 2 craven, recreant INDIRECT (VIA cowardly) -> brave, courageous, fearless Similarity of adj recreant 2 senses of recreant Sense 1 recreant, renegade => disloyal (vs. loyal) Sense 2 craven, recreant => cowardly (vs. brave), coward(postnominal), fearful Attributes of adj recreant Familiarity of adj recreant recreant used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj recreant recreant Overview of noun recreant The noun recreant has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. poltroon, craven, recreant -- (an abject coward) 2. deserter, apostate, renegade, recreant -- (a disloyal person who forsakes his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.) Overview of adj recreant The adj recreant has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. recreant, renegade -- (having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper") 2. craven, recreant -- (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)
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