craven
[adjective]
Synonyms: cowardly, chicken, coward, gutless, lily-livered, poltroonish, poor-spirited, pusillanimous, spunkless, unmanly
[noun]
Synonyms: coward, chicken, dastard, funk, funker, poltroon, quitter, yellowbelly

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cra‧ven /ˈkreɪvən/ adjective
[Date: 1100-1200; Origin: Perhaps from Old French crevant, present participle of crever 'to burst, break']
formal completely lacking courage Synonym : cowardly:
He had a craven fear of flying.
—cravenly adverb

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