Poltroon
Poltroon adjective - Having or showing a shameful lack of courage.
Usage example: a military commander who was so poltroon that he surrendered without having fired so much as a single shot
Unheroic and poltroon are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unheroic" instead an adjective "Poltroon".
Nearby Word: poltroonery
Unheroic
Unheroic adjective - Having or showing a shameful lack of courage.
Usage example: the new biography casts the romanticized outlaw in a much more vicious and unheroic light
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Unheroic and Poltroon. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/poltroon/unheroic
Poltroon & Unheroic. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/poltroon/unheroic>.
Unheroic or Poltroon. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/poltroon/unheroic.
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