recreant

[ rek-ree-uhnt ]

/ ˈrɛk ri ənt /

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adjective

cowardly or craven.

unfaithful, disloyal, or traitorous.

noun

a coward.

an apostate, traitor, or renegade.

Origin of recreant

1300–50; Middle English <Old French, adj. and noun use of present participle of recreire to yield in a contest, equivalent to re-re- + creire<Latin crēdere to believe

SYNONYMS FOR recreant

1 dastardly, pusillanimous, base, faint-hearted, yellow.

2 faithless, untrue, apostate.

3 dastard.

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ANTONYMS FOR recreant

1 brave.

2 loyal.

3 hero.

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OTHER WORDS FROM recreant

rec·re·ance, rec·re·an·cy, nounrec·re·ant·ly, adverbun·rec·re·ant, adjective

Words nearby recreant

recovered memory, recovery, recovery room, recovery stock, recpt, recreant, recreate, recreation, recreational, recreational drug, recreationalist

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Example sentences from the Web for recreant

Though I admit so much, I am not a recreant from the doctrine I then preached.
An Autobiography|Anthony Trollope
She looked directly at her recreant lover, and he never saw her.
Was It Right to Forgive?|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
I assumed she had come to give me wholly undeserved thanks for revenging her upon her recreant husband.
Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 2, September, 1905|Various
Second, the law of the land, or statute law, and Tanner is recreant to both.
Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2)|William H. Herndon

It seemed to him that every one would see in his face that he was a recreant priest, perjured and forsworn.
The Golden House|Charles Dudley Warner

British Dictionary definitions for recreant

recreant

/ (ˈrɛkrɪənt) archaic /

adjective

cowardly; faint-hearted

disloyal

noun

a disloyal or cowardly person

Derived forms of recreant

recreance or recreancy, nounrecreantly, adverb

Word Origin for recreant

C14: from Old French, from recroire to surrender, from re- + Latin crēdere to believe; compare miscreant

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单词	recreant
释义	recreant [ rek-ree-uhnt ] / ˈrɛk ri ənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR recreant ON THESAURUS.COM adjective cowardly or craven. unfaithful, disloyal, or traitorous. noun a coward. an apostate, traitor, or renegade. Origin of recreant 1300–50; Middle English <Old French, adj. and noun use of present participle of recreire to yield in a contest, equivalent to re-re- + creire<Latin crēdere to believe SYNONYMS FOR recreant 1 dastardly, pusillanimous, base, faint-hearted, yellow. 2 faithless, untrue, apostate. 3 dastard. SEE SYNONYMS FOR recreant ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR recreant 1 brave. 2 loyal. 3 hero. SEE ANTONYMS FOR recreant ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM recreant rec·re·ance, rec·re·an·cy, nounrec·re·ant·ly, adverbun·rec·re·ant, adjective Words nearby recreant recovered memory, recovery, recovery room, recovery stock, recpt, recreant, recreate, recreation, recreational, recreational drug, recreationalist Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for recreant Though I admit so much, I am not a recreant from the doctrine I then preached. An Autobiography\|Anthony Trollope She looked directly at her recreant lover, and he never saw her. Was It Right to Forgive?\|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr I assumed she had come to give me wholly undeserved thanks for revenging her upon her recreant husband. Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 2, September, 1905\|Various Second, the law of the land, or statute law, and Tanner is recreant to both. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2)\|William H. Herndon It seemed to him that every one would see in his face that he was a recreant priest, perjured and forsworn. The Golden House\|Charles Dudley Warner British Dictionary definitions for recreant recreant / (ˈrɛkrɪənt) archaic / adjective cowardly; faint-hearted disloyal noun a disloyal or cowardly person Derived forms of recreant recreance or recreancy, nounrecreantly, adverb Word Origin for recreant C14: from Old French, from recroire to surrender, from re- + Latin crēdere to believe; compare miscreant Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to recreant craven, yellow, yielding, base, low, timid, apostate, skulking, afraid, arrant, dastardly, disloyal, faithless, fearful, frightened, gutless, hesitant, mean-spirited, perfidious, scared
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recreant

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