cravenness

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English

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Etymology

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From craven +‎ -ness.

Noun

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cravenness (usually uncountable, plural cravennesses)

  1. The state of being craven.
    • 2018, Michael Wolff, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, New York: Henry Holt and Company, page 3:
      Still, Ailes had been observing politicians for decades, and in his long career he had witnessed just about every type and style and oddity and confection and cravenness and mania.