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craven

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of craven

having or showing a shameful lack of courage
  • a craven refusal to deliver the unwelcome news personally
Synonyms of craven

chicken, chicken-livered, chickenhearted, cowardly, dastardly, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered [archaic], poltroon, pusillanimous, recreant, spineless, unheroic, yellow
Words Related to craven

diffident, fainthearted, fearful, timid, timorous

afraid, frightened, scared

careful, cautious, wary

bashful, coy, shy

feeble, soft, unmanly, weak
Near Antonyms of craven

audacious, bold, brazen, cheeky, nervy

plucky, spirited, spunky

determined, resolute
Antonyms of craven

brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, gutsy, hardy, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, valiant, valorous

Synonym Discussion of craven

cowardly, pusillanimous, craven, dastardly mean having or showing a lack of courage. cowardly implies a weak or ignoble lack of courage.
    • a cowardly failure to stand up for principle
pusillanimous suggests a contemptible lack of courage.
    • the pusillanimous fear of a future full of possibility
craven suggests extreme defeatism and complete lack of resistance.
    • secretly despised her own craven yes-men
dastardly often implies behavior that is both cowardly and treacherous or skulking or outrageous.
    • a dastardly attack on unarmed civilians

craven

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of craven

a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger
  • a craven who ran away and left everyone else behind to deal with the crisis
Synonyms of craven

chicken, coward, cur, dastard, funk, poltroon, recreant, sissy
Words Related to craven

defeatist, quitter

cream puff, milquetoast, pushover, pussy [slang], weakling, wimp

caitiff, snake, sneak

ostrich, scaramouch (or scaramouche)
Near Antonyms of craven

daredevil
Antonyms of craven

hero, stalwart, valiant

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