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Significados de craven en inglés

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medroso
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miedoso

An abject coward.

miedoso

A person who lacks courage.

Lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful.

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Examples for "recreant"
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The recreant or the dreamer complains that he has no real chance.
It Can Be Done: Poems of Inspiration
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A conspirator who wanted to be safe was a recreant in disguise.
The Greek View of Life
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I were false and recreant if I went not to their assistance.
The Red Axe
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Only by being recreant to every sentiment of honor, gratitude and humanity.
A Daughter of Fife
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The magistrates were recreant to their trust, he has performed their functions.
Napoleon the Little
Uso de craven en inglés
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Economic backwardness was taken as holy simplicity; ignoble, craven subservience as piety.
The Irish Times
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Then you understand how craven it is to deny workers minimum wage.
The Guardian
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Every minister and bureaucrat too self-interested or too craven to speak up.
The Guardian
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Sourly he accepted defeat, raging in his craven spirit at the necessity.
Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
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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...
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Even in her most listless hours she had never been a craven.
The Garden of Allah
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The craven with desires will offer up bloody sacrifices to it submissively.
The Tragic Comedians: A Study in a Well-known Story — Volume 3
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It is a craven word, overmuch upon the lips of Christian gentlemen.
Sir Mortimer: A Novel
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But the country was by no means so craven as Lalor supposed.
The Dew of Their Youth
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His manner vacillated between a kind of hateful hostility and craven fawning.
The gunslinger
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If a craven piece of advice, this at least was reassuring news.
Black Powder War
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It is a ghastly thought, that the craven impulse may overcome us.
The Amazing Marriage — Volume 4
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He was certain the craven had been ordered to this fatal exploration.
As It Was in the Beginning
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Popular feeling was deeply moved by this craven compliance with French behests.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2)
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They got out of hand, and there was uproar and craven fear.
Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary
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A craven's knife can slay a queen as easily as a hero's.
A Dance with Dragons
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