adjective · rare

craven

craven · more craven · most craven

малодушний

малодушный

feige

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

/ˈkɹeɪ.vən/

» I never knew Tom was such a craven bootlicker.

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Meaning

1 senses

Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.
feige
малоду́шныйmalodúšnyj
малоду́шнийmalodúšnyj
lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful

Examples

2 sentences

I never knew Tom was such a craven bootlicker.
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The president is too craven to tackle this problem.
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Translations

6 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

extremely cowardly:

Русский

By meaning 1

extremely cowardly:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

extremely cowardly:

Origin

From Middle English cravant, either borrowed from Old French cravanté (“defeated”), past p

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

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