craven

Plural: cravens

Noun

• an abject coward
• A coward.

Adjective Satellite

• lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; ; ; - Spenser
  • "the craven fellow turned and ran"
  • "a craven proposal to raise the white flag"

Adj

• Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.

Verb

Verb Forms: cravened, cravening, cravens

• To make someone cowardly or defeated.
• To make craven.

Examples

• His aggressive vocabulary seemed to craven his opponent into making timid plays.

Synonyms

poltroon, recreant, boneless, bottler, caitiff, candy-arse, candy-ass, chicken, chicken liver, chicken-hearted, chickenshit, cocktail, coistril, coward, cowardly, cowardy custard, craven, dastardly, dog, fainthearted, fearful, fraidy cat, funker, gutless, gutless wonder, heartless, hen-hearted, invertebrate, jessie, kiasi, lily-livered, lizard, milky, milquetoast, mousy, nancy, niddering, nidering, nidget, niding, nithing, piece of crap, piece of shit, pisspants, poor-spirited, pullet, punk, pusillanimous, pussy, pussyhole, quakebreech, quakebuttock, quiche-eater, scaredy cat, scaredy pants, shithouse, sissy, slag, sluggard, snool, sook, spineless, timid, timorous, unhearty, weak sister, weak-kneed, wheyface, wimpish, yellow, yellow back, yellow belly, yellow-bellied

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