Nearby Words
adjective
1.
cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous.
noun
2.
a coward.
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Cravenness
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
verb (used with object)
Idiom3.
to make cowardly.
4.
cry craven, to yield; capitulate; give up.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English cravant, cravaunde defeated < Old French craventé, past participle of cravanter to crush, overwhelm (< Vulgar Latin *crepantāre), influenced by Middle English creaunt defeated (see recreant)
1175–1225; Middle English cravant, cravaunde defeated < Old French craventé, past participle of cravanter to crush, overwhelm (< Vulgar Latin *crepantāre), influenced by Middle English creaunt defeated (see recreant)
Related forms
cra·ven·ly, adverb
cra·ven·ness, noun
un·cra·ven, adjective
Synonyms
1. dastardly, fearful, timorous.
1. dastardly, fearful, timorous.
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