poltroon
Example Sentences
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“Complete and total catastrophe” sounds about right for such a conflagration of poltroons as that.
From Fox News
The NRA continues to be a sad bunch of poltroons hiding behind the 2nd Amendment.
From New York Times
Apparently not to be confused or conflated with poltroon...
From New York Times
In one, he killed a man who had insulted him as “a worthless scoundrel, a poltroon and a coward.”
From New York Times
There’s a huge gap between having enough character to admit to making a mistake and acting like a sniveling poltroon who thinks people are stupid enough to be fooled by a sneaky and dispicable maneuver.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
