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craven Definition


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craven
adj
    1. Cowardly; cringing.
      Thesaurus: cowardly, fearful, scared, lily-livered, yellow, timorous, spineless, wimpy (slang); Antonym: courageous, fearless.
noun
    1. A coward.
Derivative: cravenly
adj
    Derivative: cravenness
    noun
      Etymology: 14c in this sense; 13c in obsolete sense ‘vanquished'.



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