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craven

[ krey-vuhn ]

adjective

  1. cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous.

    Synonyms: , ,



noun

  1. a coward.

verb (used with object)

  1. to make cowardly.

craven

/ 藞办谤别瑟惫蓹苍 /

adjective

  1. cowardly; mean-spirited
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a coward
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞肠谤补惫别苍苍别蝉蝉, noun
  • 藞肠谤补惫别苍濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠谤补顎僾别苍路濒测 adverb
  • 肠谤补顎僾别苍路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 耻苍路肠谤补顎僾别苍 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of craven1

1175鈥1225; Middle English cravant, cravaunde defeated < Old French 肠谤补惫别苍迟茅, past participle of cravanter to crush, overwhelm (< Vulgar Latin *肠谤别辫补苍迟腻谤别 ), influenced by Middle English creaunt defeated ( recreant )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of craven1

C13 cravant, probably from Old French crevant bursting, from crever to burst, die, from Latin 肠谤别辫腻谤别 to burst, crack
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. cry craven, to yield; capitulate; give up.
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His hangout is by the stationary bicycles, where he develops a rapport with Trump鈥檚 most craven enablers.

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Webb and screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson had two options: Mimic the 1937 cartoon shot for shot and be slammed for the craven inessentiality of such an exercise, or change anything and face fans鈥 wrath.

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The craven implication is that civil rights for a minority of students is somehow a distraction from improving educational outcomes.

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Chris Parry, a former Nato commander, also told Times Radio that the decision to rename the submarine was "craven political correctness and ideology gone mad".

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We would not wish to emulate their most craven tactics, of course, but could learn something from their strategic resolve.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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