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111funk — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Fear] Syn. fright, alarm, panic; see fear 1 . 2. [Depression] Syn. gloom, despondency, dejection, blue funk*; see depression 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. depression, blues, blue funk, melancholy, doldrums. III (Roget …
112yellow-belly — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Slang. An ignoble, uncourageous person: coward, craven, dastard, funk, poltroon. Slang: chicken. See FEAR …
113dastardly — dast|ard|ly [ˈdæstədli US ərd ] adj old fashioned [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: dastard someone without courage, someone evil (15 20 centuries), perhaps from Old Norse dAstr] very cruel or evil ▪ tales of pirates and their dastardly deeds …
114gavotte — lively dance, 1690s, from Fr. gavotte (17c.), from O.Prov. gavoto “mountaineer s dance,” from gavot, a local name for an Alpine resident, lit. “boor, glutton,” from gaver “to stuff, force feed poultry,” from O.Prov. gava “crop.”… …
115craven — n. Dastard, coward, poltroon, recreant, milksop …
116dastardly — a. Cowardly. See dastard …
117poltroon — n. Coward, dastard, craven, milksop, mean wretch, skulk, recreant, sneak …
118coward — I. n. Dastard, poltroon, craven, recreant, milksop. II. a. See cowardly …
119recreant — I. a. 1. Cowardly, dastardly, base, craven, pusillanimous, mean spirited, faint hearted, yielding. 2. Apostate, treacherous, false, unfaithful, faithless, untrue, backsliding. II. n. 1. Coward, dastard. 2. Apostate, renegade, backslider …
120blackguard — n 1. scoundrel, wretch, cur, cad, dastard, knave, rascal, wastrel, ne er do well, rogue, devil, villain; All Inf. bum, jerk, rat, creep, stinker, louse, Derog. bastard, Derog.SOB; All Brit. Sl. rotter, bounder, blighter. v 2. vilify, berate,… …
