Poltron

Synonyms for "poltron" (38 found)

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Closest matches (8)

craven arrant coward base caitiff chicken coward cowardly

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (11)

dastard dastardly dunghill dunghilly funk funker gutless lily-livered milksop

Noun(2 words)

dastard invertebrate

Related words (19)

Noun(12 words)

nithing pussy pussy-cat pussyboy quakebuttock recreant scaredy pants scaredy-cat shithouse slag wimp yellowbelly

poltroonish pusillanimous quitter recreant sneak spunkless unmanly

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Be not a Hercules furens abroad, and a poltron within thyself.

Source: wiktionary

She shall find I am not the clay, but the potter. I will mould, not be moulded. Poltron as I was, to think of sinking into the docile, domesticated, timid animal called husband!

Source: wiktionary

We were regarded as a nation of poltrons, without the spirit to resent insult, or the power to resist aggression.

Source: wiktionary

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