He is a craven person.

There is a loud noise.

You run...
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Probably runs faster than you.
Craven means cowardly,
So he is more afraid than you.

 

Craven

Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless.

´His craven heart.´ Shak. “
"The poor craven bridegroom said never a word. Sir. W. Scott.”
“In craven fear of the sarcasm of Dorset. Macaulay.”
A recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted, spiritless fellow. See Recreant, n.
“King Henry. Is it fit this soldier keep his oath? Fluellen. He is a craven and a villain else. Shak.”
Syn. — Coward; poltroon; dastard.

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