craven

  • 21craven — cravenly, adv. cravenness, n. /kray veuhn/, adj. 1. cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous. n. 2. a coward. 3. cry craven, to yield; capitulate; give up. v.t. 4. to make cowardly. [1175 1225; ME cravant, cravaunde defeated < OF craventé, ptp …

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  • 22craven — 1. adjective ˈkreɪvən a) Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly. b) Defeated. 2. noun ˈkreɪvən A confessed coward. 3 …

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  • 23craven — I Jamaican Slang Glossary Greedy. Craven choke puppy. This is a famous line that depicts someone who wants everything but, when they get it, they can’t handle it. II Rasta Dictionary greedy …

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  • 24craven — cra|ven [ˈkreıvən] adj [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Perhaps from Old French crevant, present participle of crever to burst, break ] formal completely lacking courage = ↑cowardly ▪ He had a craven fear of flying. &GT;cravenly adv …

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  • 25craven — [13] Craven originally meant simply ‘defeated’, and only gradually came to have the pejorative sense ‘cowardly’. It probably came from Old French cravante ‘defeated’, the past participle of the verb cravanter, which in turn came via Vulgar Latin&#8230; …

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  • 26craven — adjective formal completely lacking courage; cowardly: You craven coward. cravenly adverb cravenness noun (U) …

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  • 27Craven — Sp Krevenas Ap Craven L JAV apyg. (Š. Karolina) …

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  • 28craven — adjective a craven surrender Syn: cowardly, lily livered, faint hearted, chicken hearted, spineless, timid, timorous, fearful, pusillanimous, weak, feeble; informal yellow, chicken, weak kneed, gutless, yellow bellied, wimpish; contemptible, a …

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  • 29craven — [13] Craven originally meant simply ‘defeated’, and only gradually came to have the pejorative sense ‘cowardly’. It probably came from Old French cravante ‘defeated’, the past participle of the verb cravanter, which in turn came via Vulgar Latin&#8230; …

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  • 30Craven Cottage — The Cottage Location Stevenage Road, London SW6 6HH …

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