Lily-livered
Lily-livered adjective - Having or showing a shameful lack of courage.
Usage example: the pacifist was mistakenly accused of being a lily-livered coward
Recreant and lily-livered are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recreant" instead an adjective phrase "Lily-livered".
Recreant
Recreant adjective - Having or showing a shameful lack of courage.
Usage example: the victors had only contempt for the recreant enemy soldiers who surrendered without firing a shot
Lily-livered and recreant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lily-livered" instead an adjective "Recreant".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- base and lily-livered
- base and recreant
- cowardly and lily-livered
- cowardly and recreant
- weak and lily-livered
- weak and recreant
- dastardly and lily-livered
- dastardly and recreant
- poltroon and lily-livered
- poltroon and recreant
- chicken and lily-livered
- chicken and recreant
- craven and lily-livered
- craven and recreant
Cite this Source
Recreant and Lily-livered. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lily-livered/recreant
Lily-livered & Recreant. N.p., 2016. Web. 10 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/lily-livered/recreant>.
Recreant or Lily-livered. 2016. Accessed August 10, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/lily-livered/recreant.
