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Meaning of 'craven' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Craven [ a.]
- Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless.
2 . Craven [ n.]
- A recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted, spiritless fellow. See Recreant, n.
3 . Craven [ v. t.]
- To make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly.

Meaning of 'craven' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . craven [ s]
Meaning (1):
- lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
Example in sentence:
  • a craven proposal to raise the white flag;
  • the craven fellow turned and ran;
  • this recreant knight

Nearby Words:

crab crab tree crab-yaws crabbed crabber crabbing crabbish crabby crabeater craber

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