cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous.

a coward.

to make cowardly. ?

cry craven

to yield; capitulate; give up.

adjective

bold , brave , courageous , heroic , strong

adjective

chicken * , cowardly , dastardly , fearful , gutless , lily-livered * , mean-spirited , poltroonish , pusillanimous , scared , timorous , weak-kneed , wimpish , wimpy , wussy , yellow * , yellow-bellied , chickenhearted , faint-hearted , lily-livered , unmanly , afraid , chicken , cowardly.--n. coward , dastard , defeated , fainthearted , overcome , poltroon , recreant , timid , weak , wimp , yellow

noun

caitiff , chicken * , coward , dastard , fraidy cat , nebbish , poltroon , quitter , recreant , scaredy cat , weakling , wheyface , wimp * , wuss , yellow belly , funk