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Meanings of craven in English

Portuguese
medroso
Spanish
miedoso

An abject coward.

medroso

A person who lacks courage.

Synonyms
Examples for "poltroon"
Examples for "poltroon"
1
I am, I confess, a poltroon in my affections; I dread changes.
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
2
On the other hand, Burle fenced indifferently and passed for a poltroon.
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
3
But she only laughs and mocks, and calls me a little poltroon.
The Sign of the Red Cross: A Tale of Old London
4
The Duke of Parma is weak, and a poltroon,-hewill not stir.
Empress Josephine: An Historical Sketch of the Days of Napoleon
5
Every Englishman I ever knew was a liar, and a sneaking poltroon.
Wolves of the Sea / Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manusc...

Lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful.

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Usage of craven in English
1
Economic backwardness was taken as holy simplicity; ignoble, craven subservience as piety.
The Irish Times
2
Then you understand how craven it is to deny workers minimum wage.
The Guardian
3
Every minister and bureaucrat too self-interested or too craven to speak up.
The Guardian
4
Sourly he accepted defeat, raging in his craven spirit at the necessity.
Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
5
Liar and craven will I dub you throughout the whole of France.
The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sie...
6
Even in her most listless hours she had never been a craven.
The Garden of Allah
7
The craven with desires will offer up bloody sacrifices to it submissively.
The Tragic Comedians: A Study in a Well-known Story — Volume 3
8
It is a craven word, overmuch upon the lips of Christian gentlemen.
Sir Mortimer: A Novel
9
But the country was by no means so craven as Lalor supposed.
The Dew of Their Youth
10
His manner vacillated between a kind of hateful hostility and craven fawning.
The gunslinger
11
If a craven piece of advice, this at least was reassuring news.
Black Powder War
12
It is a ghastly thought, that the craven impulse may overcome us.
The Amazing Marriage — Volume 4
13
He was certain the craven had been ordered to this fatal exploration.
As It Was in the Beginning
14
Popular feeling was deeply moved by this craven compliance with French behests.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2)
15
They got out of hand, and there was uproar and craven fear.
Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary
16
A craven's knife can slay a queen as easily as a hero's.
A Dance with Dragons
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Translations for craven
Portuguese
medrosomedricas
Craven through the time
Craven across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common