Associations to the word «Craven»

Wiktionary

CRAVEN, adjective. Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.
CRAVEN, noun. A coward.
CRAVEN, verb. To make craven.
CRAVEN, proper noun. A surname​.

Dictionary definition

CRAVEN, noun. An abject coward.
CRAVEN, adjective. Lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; "the craven fellow turned and ran"; "a craven proposal to raise the white flag"; "this recreant knight"- Spenser.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats