craven

Significat (English)

Adj

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

Noun

A coward.

Verb

To make craven.

Synonyms

coward

cowardly

recreant

fearful

😨

timid

faint-hearted

yellow

poltroon

pusillanimous

chicken

🐔

gutless

spineless

timorous

dastard

chicken-hearted

unmanly

white livered

chicken hearted

sook

weak kneed

boggler

lily livered

afraid

quakebuttock

bashful

caitiff

cur

dastardly

fainthearted

funky

mealymouthed

milquetoast

mollycoddle

scared

sheepish

shy

skittish

skulker

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈkɹeɪ.vən/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: cravant

In summary

From Middle English cravant, either borrowed from Old French cravanté (“defeated”), past participle of cravanter, or a modification of creaunt (“defeated”) after craven (“to crave”).