cravennessn.
/ˈkreɪv(ə)nnəs/, U.S. /ˈkreɪvə(n)nəs/ rare.
Abject or acknowledged cowardliness.
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the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > base cowardice
wickedness1487
dastardness1519
currishness1542
dastardliness1561
dastardy1588
poltroonery1590
beggar-fear1597
dastardice1603
poorness1625
low-spiritedness1641
poltroonism1644
sheepiness1663
cravenness1850
1850 W. Anderson Regeneration 60 In the cravenness of your spirit.
1882 Fraser's Mag. 25 373 Your cravenness is past all bearing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1850- to bear or stand the test
- to bear out
- to bear out a good face
- to bear outward
- to bear outwards
- to bear over
- to bear record
- to bear room
- to bear sail
- to bear speak false witness
- to bear state
- to bear sway
- to bear the bell
- to bear the blame
- to bear the bloom
- to bear the breech
- to bear the breeches
- to bear the crown
- to bear the face
- to bear the fault
- to bear the lantern
- to bear the name
- to bear the palm
- to bear the person of
- to bear the price