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poltroonery

/pol-troon/US // pɒlˈtrun //UK // (pɒlˈtruːn) //

饩浠八卦,饩浠八卦图,饩隽,饩浠八卦镜

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a wretched coward; craven.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : marked by utter cowardice.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inchickenheartedness

Synonyms

cowardliness胆小怕事,怯懦,懦弱,怯懦性 cravenness懦弱性,胆怯,胆量,疯狂 faint-heartedness fearfulness恐惧感,恐惧,恐惧心理,惧怕 pusillanimity怜悯之心,怜悯心,悲观主义,怜悯之情 timidity胆怯,怯懦,胆小怕事,胆小

Examples

Joe tried to grab him with the boathook, but it was useless, and the unhappy poltroon's body was whirled away.
"Then you have been playing the poltroon," he says savagely.
He insulted you, and then he behaved like a poltroon down at Silverbridge, and I will not have you know him any more.
But I can't consent to pass for a fool; and still more not for a poltroon—You'll excuse the little hint.'
My error—and I 'll not forgive myself in haste for it—was the belief that an upstart need not of necessity be a poltroon.

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