poltroon
Spineless, craven person
A poltroon is a coward—someone who lacks courage and shrinks from danger or difficulty.
The word is literary and old-fashioned, carrying a tone of contempt: The poltroon fled at the first sign of trouble.
It suggests not just fear but a contemptible spinelessness.
Contemptibly lacking nerve
- dastardContemptible coward
- recreantDisloyal coward
- milksopFeeble, unassertive person
- yellow-bellySlang for coward
chicken · wimp · weakling · scaredy-cat · fraidy-cat · namby-pamby · jellyfish · doormat
craven
Contemptibly lacking nerve
yellow-belly · chicken · wimp · weakling · scaredy-cat · fraidy-cat · namby-pamby · jellyfish · doormat · quitter
punk
Raw, fast rock genre
baby · chicken · wimp · sissy · wuss · loser · coward · yellow-belly · candy-ass · scaredy-cat
fearful
Full of fright
shrinking · hesitant · nervous · apprehensive · tremulous · skittish · shy · bashful · reticent · insecure