English-Thai Dictionary

craven

ADJ ขี้ขลาด  cowardly timid ke-kad

 

cravenly

ADV อย่าง ขี้ขลาด  cowardly timidly yang-ke-kad

 

cravenness

ADJ ความขี้ขลาด  cowardliness cowardice kwam-ke-kad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CRAVEN, CRAVENT, CRAVANT

n. 1. A word of obloquy, used formerly by one vanquished in trial by battle, and yielding to the conqueror. Hence, a recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted spiritless fellow.
2. A vanquished, dispirited cock.

 

CRAVEN

v.t.To make recreant, weak or cowardly.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CRAVEN

Cra "ven (kr "v'n ), a. Etym: [OE. cravant, cravaunde, OF. cravant struck down, p. p. of cravanter, crevanter, to break, crush, strike down, fr. an assumed LL. crepantare, fr. L. crepans, p. pr. of crepare to break, crack, rattle. Cf. Crevice, Crepitate. ]

 

Defn: Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless. "His craven heart. " Shak. The poor craven bridegroom said never a word. Sir. W. Scott. In craven fear of the sarcasm of Dorset. Macualay.

 

CRAVEN

Cra "ven, n. Etym: [Formerly written also cravant and cravent.]

 

Defn: A recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted, spiritless fellow. See Recreant, n. King Henry. Is it fit this soldier keep his oath Fluellen. He is a craven and a villain else. Shak.

 

Syn. -- Coward; poltroon; dastard.

 

CRAVEN

Cra "ven, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cravened (-v'nd );p. pr. & vb. n.Cravening.]

 

Defn: To make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly. [Obs. ] There is a prohibition so divine, That cravens my weak hand. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

craven

cra ven |ˈkrāvən ˈkreɪvən | ▶adjective contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly: a craven abdication of his moral duty. ▶noun archaic a cowardly person. DERIVATIVES cra ven ly adverb, cra ven ness noun ORIGIN Middle English cravant ‘defeated, ’ perhaps via Anglo-Norman French from Old French cravante, past participle of cravanter ‘crush, overwhelm, ’ based on Latin crepare ‘burst. ’ The change in the ending in the 17th cent. was due to association with past participles ending in -en (see -en 3 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

craven

cra ¦ven |ˈkreɪv (ə )n | ▶adjective contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly: a craven abdication of his moral duty. ▶noun archaic a cowardly person. DERIVATIVES cravenly adverb, cravenness |ˈkreɪv (ə )nnɪs |noun ORIGIN Middle English cravant ‘defeated ’, perhaps via Anglo-Norman French from Old French cravante, past participle of cravanter ‘crush, overwhelm ’, based on Latin crepare ‘burst ’. The change in the ending in the 17th cent. was due to association with past participles ending in -en (see -en 3 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

craven

craven adjective a craven surrender: cowardly, lily-livered, faint-hearted, chicken-hearted, spineless, timid, timorous, fearful, pusillanimous, weak, feeble; informal yellow, chicken, weak-kneed, gutless, yellow-bellied, wimpish; contemptible, abject, ignominious. ANTONYMS brave.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

craven

craven adjective a craven surrender. See cowardly.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

craven

cra ven /kréɪv (ə )n /形容詞 ｟かたい書 非難して ｠〈人が 〉ひどく臆病な, 意気地のない (cowardly ).名詞 C 臆病者 .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞