different between despicable vs craven

English

Etymology

1550s, from Late Latin despicabilis, from Latin d?spicor, a variant of d?spici? (“I despise”), from de (“down”) + speci? (“I look at, behold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??sp?k?b?l/, /?d?sp?k?b?l/

Adjective

despicable (comparative more despicable, superlative most despicable)

1. Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean

   Synonyms: vile, evil, mean, contemptible

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:despicable

Antonyms

• honorable

Translations

Noun

despicable (plural despicables)

1. A wretched or wicked person.

References

English

Etymology

From Middle English craven (adjective).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?e?.v?n/
• Rhymes: -e?v?n

Adjective

craven (comparative more craven, superlative most craven)

1. Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cowardly

Derived terms

• cry craven

Translations

Noun

craven (plural cravens)

1. A coward.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:coward

Translations

Verb

craven (third-person singular simple present cravens, present participle cravening, simple past and past participle cravened)

1. To make craven.
   • 1609: William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Cymbeline, Act III, Scene IV

     There is a prohibition so divine / That cravens my weak hand.

References

• craven in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• craven in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• carven, cavern

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From English craving.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kr?e?v?n/, /kr?e?b?n/
• Hyphenation: cra?ven

Adjective

craven

1. gluttonous, greedy

   Synonyms: gravalicious, licky-licky, nyamy-nyamy

References

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French cravanté (“defeated”), past participle of cravanter, from Latin crepare (“to crack", "creak”)

Adjective

craven

1. Defeated.

Etymology 2

From Old English crafian, from Proto-Germanic *krafjan? (“to demand”).

Verb

craven

1. desire; crave

Derived terms

• icravet (past participle)