craven

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

The poor craven bridegroom said never a word.

Prime Minister Abe's fumbling and craven performance took place on a national holiday in Korea, marking the countrywide uprising against the Japanese colonial rule that began on March 1, 1919. March 1 is also the day in 1932 that Japan chose to inaugurate Manchukuo (after seizing northeastern China).

A coward.

He is a craven and a villain else.

“God knows I would rather die licked in the fire by the side of my king than to live out my days twitted and scorned as a craven.”

To make craven.

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