backslider
Collocations
4ADJ.
soon
BACKSLIDER + NOUN
wto
PREP.
on
ADV.
ever
Definitions
noun
A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
At night the Red Elephant Tusk boomed and groaned among the hills, and the faithful waked and said: ‘The God of Things as They Are matures revenge against the backsliders.’
One who will not do his work or shoulder his responsibilities.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of beh
- recidivist
- reversionist
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
WiktionaryAt night the Red Elephant Tusk boomed and groaned among the hills, and the faithful waked and said: ‘The God of Things as They Are matures revenge against the backsliders.’
WiktionaryThe choice of unilateralism by the US also exposed it to charges that it is a backslider on its WTO commitments.
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