cravens
Those lacking backbone
Cravens is the plural of craven, meaning cowards—people who lack courage, especially those who shrink from danger or difficulty.
The word carries literary weight and moral judgment: a craven isn't merely afraid but contemptibly so.
The cravens fled while others stood their ground.
Person lacking bravery
- poltroonAbject coward
- dastardContemptible coward
- milksopFeeble, unassertive person
- recreantDisloyal coward
yellow-belly · chicken · weakling · spineless · pusillanimous · fainthearted · chickenhearted · gutless
Full of fright
- afraidExperiencing dread or worry
- terrifiedExtremely frightened
- panickedOverwhelmed by sudden fear
- tremblingInvoluntary shaking motion
quaking · shaking · nervous · anxious · apprehensive · dreading · frightened · scared
Belonging to earlier times
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- heraldicOf coats of arms
Shakespearean · literary · historical · feudal · chivalric · knightly · old-fashioned · dated
coward
Person lacking bravery
recreant · yellow-belly · chicken · weakling · spineless · pusillanimous · fainthearted · chickenhearted · gutless · dastardly
fearful
Full of fright
trembling · quaking · shaking · nervous · anxious · apprehensive · dreading · frightened · scared · alarmed
archaic
Belonging to earlier times
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
heraldic · Shakespearean · literary · historical · feudal · chivalric · knightly · old-fashioned · dated · formal
cravensheroes
Admired courageous figures
brave souls · warriors · daredevils · champions · stalwarts