| Craven 1. (a.) Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless. 2. (n.) A recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted, spiritless fellow. See Recreant. 3. (v. t.) To make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly. Thesaurus Entries base, caitiff, chicken, coward, dastard, dastardly, dunghill, dunghilly, funk, funker, gutless, lily-livered, poltroon, poltroonish, pusillanimous, quitter, recreant, spunkless, unmanly |