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craven
[ krey-vuhn ]
adjective
- cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous.
Synonyms: , ,
noun
- a coward.
verb (used with object)
- to make cowardly.
craven
/ ˈɪə /
adjective
- cowardly; mean-spirited
noun
- a coward
Derived Forms
- ˈԲԱ, noun
- ˈԱ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- v· adverb
- v·Ա noun
- ܲ·v adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of craven1
Idioms and Phrases
- cry craven, to yield; capitulate; give up.
Example Sentences
His hangout is by the stationary bicycles, where he develops a rapport with Trump’s most craven enablers.
Webb and screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson had two options: Mimic the 1937 cartoon shot for shot and be slammed for the craven inessentiality of such an exercise, or change anything and face fans’ wrath.
The craven implication is that civil rights for a minority of students is somehow a distraction from improving educational outcomes.
Chris Parry, a former Nato commander, also told Times Radio that the decision to rename the submarine was "craven political correctness and ideology gone mad".
"We would not wish to emulate their most craven tactics, of course, but could learn something from their strategic resolve."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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