All craven synonyms
cra·ven
C c adj craven
- mean-spirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- chicken — Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat.
- yellow — a color like that of egg yolk, ripe lemons, etc.; the primary color between green and orange in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 570 and 590 nm.
- cowardly — If you describe someone as cowardly, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid doing dangerous and difficult things.
- dastardly — If you describe an action as dastardly, you mean it is wicked and intended to hurt someone.
- fearful — causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
- gutless — lacking courage, fortitude, or determination.
- lily-livered — weak or lacking in courage; cowardly; pusillanimous.
- pusillanimous — lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
- scared — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- timorous — full of fear; fearful: The noise made them timorous.
- poltroon — a wretched coward; craven.
- weak-kneed — yielding readily to opposition, pressure, intimidation, etc.
- wimpish — of, relating to, or characteristic of a wimp.
- wimpy — of, relating to, or characteristic of a wimp.
- wussy — a weakling; wimp.
- yellow-bellied — having a yellow abdomen or underside.
noun craven
- poltroon — a wretched coward; craven.
- dastard — a contemptible sneaking coward
- quitter — a person who quits or gives up easily, especially in the face of some difficulty, danger, etc.
- coward — If you call someone a coward, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid dangerous or difficult situations.
- wimp — any of a group of weakly interacting elementary particles predicted by various unified field theories, as the W particle and Z-zero particle, that are characterized by relatively large masses.
- nebbish — a pitifully ineffectual, luckless, and timid person.
- recreant — cowardly or craven.
- caitiff — a cowardly or base person
- weakling — a person who is physically or morally weak.
- wuss — a weakling; wimp.
- scaredy cat — fraidy-cat.
- wheyface — a face that or a person who is pallid, as from fear.
- yellow belly — Slang. a person who is without courage, fortitude, or nerve; coward.