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craven | chicken-hearted | Related terms |

Craven is a related term of chicken-hearted.


As a proper noun craven

is .

As an adjective chicken-hearted is

not brave; lacking courage; cowardly.

craven

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • The poor craven bridegroom said never a word.

    Derived terms

    * cry craven

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A coward.
  • * Shakespeare
    • He is a craven and a villain else.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make .
  • * 1609 : , Act III, Scene IV
    • There is a prohibition so divine / That cravens my weak hand.

    References

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    Anagrams

    * * English adjectives ending in -en ----

    chicken-hearted

    English

    Adjective

  • not brave; lacking courage; cowardly
    • These chicken-hearted bosses always seem to give in at the first sign of a strike.

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