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- [rek-ree-uh nt]
- /ˈrɛk ri ənt/
- /ˈrekrɪənt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [rek-ree-uh nt]
- /ˈrɛk ri ənt/
Definitions of recreant word
- adjective recreant cowardly or craven. 1
- adjective recreant unfaithful, disloyal, or traitorous. 1
- noun recreant a coward. 1
- noun recreant an apostate, traitor, or renegade. 1
- adjective recreant cowardly; faint-hearted 0
- adjective recreant disloyal 0
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Origin of recreant
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
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
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Parts of speech for Recreant
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
recreant popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
recreant usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for recreant
noun recreant
- abandoner — a person or thing that abandons
- apostate — An apostate is someone who has abandoned their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles.
- awol — If someone in the Armed Forces goes AWOL, they leave their post without the permission of a superior officer. AWOL is an abbreviation for 'absent without leave'.
- awols — a soldier or other military person who is absent from duty without leave.
- bad actor — a mean, ill-tempered, troublemaking, or evil person.
adj recreant
- adulterine — of or made by adulteration; fake
- casuistic — of or having to do with casuistry or casuists
- changeful — often changing; inconstant; variable
- chicken-hearted — easily frightened; cowardly
- cowardly — If you describe someone as cowardly, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid doing dangerous and difficult things.
adjective recreant
- cowering — to crouch, as in fear or shame.
- cowhearted — cowardly.
- defecting — a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection: a defect in an argument; a defect in a machine.
- exploitative — In the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or something.
- falsehearted — Alternative spelling of false-hearted.
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