poltroon
91cowardly — adj craven, poltroon, dastardly, base, recreant, Archaic. niddering, Archaic. caitiff; pusillanimous, timorous, timid, fearful, afraid, frightened, afraid of one s shadow, not having the heart, unmanly, faint hearted, lily livered, white livered …
92dastard — n 1. coward, craven, poltroon, recreant; cur, Inf. meany, base fellow, worm, Archaic. caitiff, Archaic. niddering; sneak, shirker, yellow belly, mouse, baby; weakling, milksop, Milquetoast, mollycoddle. adj 2. cowardly, craven, mean, dastardly.… …
93dastardly — adj 1. cowardly, craven, poltroon, recreant, dastard; pusillanimous, timorous, timid, fearful, afraid, frightened, afraid of one s shadow, cowering, faint hearted, chicken livered, shy, skittish, Inf. yellow. 2. base, mean, mean spirited, low,… …
94milk-livered — adj cowardly, pusillanimous, poltroon, caitiff; weak kneed, Sl. chicken, Sl. gutless, skittish; faint hearted, chicken hearted, lily livered, chicken livered, Inf. mousy; sniveling, cringing, skulking, quailing, cowering; timid, timorous, shy,… …
95milksop — n coward, poltroon, Archaic. caitiff, dastard; milquetoast, sop, mama s boy, namby pamby, Inf. jellyfish; weakling, chicken, baby, crybaby, sissy, mouse, Sl. fraidy cat, Sl. scaredy cat; effeminate, Inf. pantywaist, Sl. pansy, Sl. wimp, eakling,… …
96pusillanimous — adj timid, timorous, fearful, afraid, afraid of one s own shadow, frightened; unmanly, faint hearted, weak hearted, lily livered, white livered, having no backbone, with a backbone of banana, Inf. chicken hearted, Inf. chicken livered, Inf.… …
97recreant — adj 1. cowardly, craven, dastardly, base, Archaic. niddering, Archaic. caitiff; pusillanimous, timorous, timid, nervous, fearful, afraid, scared, scary, frightened, afraid of one s shadow, cowering; spineless, weak, uncourageous, unmanly, weak… …
98sneak — v 1. skulk, slink, steal, sidle, prowl, pad, pussyfoot, walk on eggshells, creep, U.S. Sl. gumshoe. 2.Informal. grab, Inf. catch, slip in, work in, fit in. n 3. snake in the grass, skulker, sneaker; scoundrel, dastard, craven, poltroon, Archaic.… …
99weakling — n featherweight, Inf. lightweight, baby, small fry; loser, Walter Mitty, Sl. sad sack, Sl. doormat, Sl. pushover, Sl. patsy, Sl. schnook, Sl. easy mark; Inf. jellyfish, Sl. nebbish, Sl. weak sister, Sl. weak stick, Sl. schlepp, Sl. schlemiel;… …
100chicken — [n1] person afraid to try something coward, craven, dastard, funk, poltroon, quitter, recreant, scaredy cat*, yellow belly*; concept 423 chicken [n2] farm fowl banty, barnyard fowl, biddy, capon, chick, cock, cock a doodle do*, cockalorum,… …
