Craven — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an abject coward

lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; ; ; - Spenser

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈeɪvən/

🇬🇧British English

/kɹˈeɪvən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kɹˈeɪvən/

2 syllables Say it as /kɹˈeɪvən/.

Examples

the craven fellow turned and ran
a craven proposal to raise the white flag
this recreant knight

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

poltroon recreant

Parts of Speech

noun	an abject coward
adjective	lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; ; ; - Spenser “the craven fellow turned and ran”

Word Forms

poltroon	adjective	characterized by complete cowardliness
recreant	adjective	lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; ; ; - Spenser
cravenness	noun	meanspirited cowardice
recreant	noun	an abject coward

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

feige

ein erbärmlicher Feigling

🇫🇷French

lâche

un lâche abject

🇪🇸Spanish

cobarde

un cobarde abyecto

🇮🇹Italian

codardo

un abietto codardo

🇳🇱Dutch

hunkerde

een verachtelijke lafaard

🇵🇹Portuguese

covarde

um covarde abjeto

🇷🇺Russian

трусливый

жалкий трус

India

🇮🇳Hindi

डरपोक

एक घोर कायर

🇮🇳Tamil

ஏங்கி

ஒரு மோசமான கோழை

🇮🇳Telugu

క్రేవెన్

ఒక నీచమైన పిరికివాడు

🇮🇳Marathi

वेड

एक भयंकर भित्रा

🇮🇳Gujarati

તૃષ્ણા

એક ઘોર કાયર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಂಬಲಿಸಿದ

ಒಂದು ಭೀಕರ ಹೇಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മോഹിച്ചു

ഒരു നികൃഷ്ട ഭീരു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਲਾਲਸਾ

ਇੱਕ ਘੋਰ ਕਾਇਰ

🇵🇰Urdu

تڑپ

ایک بزدل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

懦夫

一个卑鄙的胆小鬼

🇯🇵Japanese

貪欲な

ひどい卑怯者

🇰🇷Korean

겁이 많은

비열한 겁쟁이

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khao khát

một kẻ hèn nhát khốn khổ

🇹🇭Thai

ขี้ขลาด

คนขี้ขลาดที่น่าสังเวช

🇮🇩Indonesian

penakut

seorang pengecut yang hina

🇵🇭Filipino

crave

isang hamak na duwag

🇲🇾Malay

mengidam

seorang pengecut yang hina

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

جبان

جبان مدقع

🇮🇷Persian

هوس کرده

یک ترسو پست

🇹🇷Turkish

korkak

alçak bir korkak

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The primary meaning of 'craven' is 'an abject coward'.

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