craven
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1. craven - Noun
2. craven - Adjective
3. craven - Verb
4. craven - Adjective Satellite
5. Craven - Proper noun
Meaning
Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless.
A recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted, spiritless fellow. See Recreant, n.
To make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly.
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Zuniga Hides the Evidence ... Like the craven coward he is, Markos Zuniga, rising young star of the Democrats, has now removed the page at Daily Kos where he wrote "Screw them” about the four Americans torn apart and hung from a bridge in Fallujah.
I gather we're not the most craven species in the galaxy, but we're not the most angelic by a long shot.
Wes Craven is obviously a horror film icon so I was definitely very interested in bringing something back to life that Wes had created.
It is a great mistake, as we have already remarked, to be afraid of Him and to act in His presence like a timid and craven slave trembling with fright before his master.
Wes Craven is a wonderful friend, and we had a really good time together.
Don't let yourself become cynical. Cynicism is a cheap emotion, a craven substitute for thought and action. Cynicism corrodes the will, dulls the conscience, blunts your sense of right and wrong... Stay alert to fine distinctions: become a pessimist like me.