different between heinous vs craven

English

Etymology

From Old French haïneus (compare French haineux) from haïr (“to hate”), hadir (“to hate”) (compare Old French enhadir (“to become filled with hate”)), from Frankish *hattjan (“to hate”)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?he?n?s/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?hi?n?s/
• Rhymes: -e?n?s

Adjective

heinous (comparative more heinous, superlative most heinous)

1. Totally reprehensible.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "heinous" is often applied: crime, act, sin, murder, offence.

Synonyms

• (totally reprehensible): abominable, horrible, odious

Antonyms

• unheinous (rare)

Derived terms

• unheinous
• heinous crime

Translations

Anagrams

• in house, in-house, inhouse

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)