Definitions For Recreant
noun
- A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
- An abject coward
adjective
- Lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
- Having deserted a cause or principle
Is Recreant a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
12
The word Recreant is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Recreant in a Sentence
- The victors had only contempt for the recreant enemy soldiers who surrendered without firing a shot
- recreant campaign workers who walked out as soon as their candidate began dropping in the polls
- Traditionally armies have dealt harshly with recreants, with execution being a common punishment for desertion during wartime
- The historian reserved his greatest contempt for those recreants who opposed the witch hunt but lacked the courage to speak out against it