Word Meanings - POLTROONISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Resembling a poltroon; cowardly.

POLTROONERY
Cowardice; want of spirit; pusillanimity.
POLTROON
An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch. Shak. (more info) sluggard, coward, poltro idle, lazy, also, bed, fr. OHG. polstar,
RESEMBLINGLY
So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
RESEMBLANT
Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
POLTROONISH
Resembling a poltroon; cowardly.
COWARDLY
1. Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless. The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle. Shak. 2. Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences; befitting a coward; dastardly; base; as, cowardly
RESEMBLE
sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.
RESEMBLABLE
Admitting of being compared; like. Gower.
RESEMBLER
One who resembles.
RESEMBLANCE
1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden. 2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
NONRESEMBLANCE
Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.