wimp

noun

ˈwimp How to pronounce wimp (audio)
Definition of wimpnext
1
as in wuss
a person lacking in physical strength just because you can't lift 300 pounds doesn't mean you're a wimp

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2
as in coward
a person without strength of character what kind of wimp would just give in to peer pressure?

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Recent Examples of wimp Blake is not an emasculated wimp; his confidence is complete, his suavity bordering on the toxic. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024 All nudity in my films is a result of Shauna pushing me and calling me a wimp. — Alexandra Hurtado, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024 Russo explored a subject that had previously been viewed by moviegoers simply as the way things were — the treatment of gay people as pansies and wimps, perverts and tragedies, serial killers and suicides. — Mark Harris, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2023 First Oppenheimer, Then Barbie, Then Cobweb Double features are for wimps; a true movie buff would see all three movies opening wide on July 21st. — Jason Frank, Vulture, 14 July 2023 See All Example Sentences for wimp
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  1. wuss
  2. coward
  3. weakling
  4. softy
Noun
  • Of the two sisters in the yellow house, Paula is a much gentler girl, a wuss, a baby, the biggest chicken—that’s how her sister thinks of her—and Rhonda is the boss.
    — Alex Mar, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Teach, who carries a gun, is a wuss about the rain.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2022
Definition of wuss
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  • There is no way a coward like Musk is in a position to accuse Sen. Kelly of being a traitor.
    — DP Opinion, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2025
  • This is a cop novel that fully satisfies its genre expectations — chases, gun battles, sinister bad guys, questionable cops, cowards and heroes.
    — Claude Peck, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of coward
Noun
  • Based on this challenge, the groups would have been weaklings Cedrek, Star, Chrissy, Sai, Kamilla, and Mary in one group and Eva, Joe, Mitch, Kyle, David, and Shauhin in the strongman group.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The fact these losers want to jail Andrew and Tristan Tate for preaching their version of traditional masculinity highlights the fact that these fascist feminists are fragile weaklings incapable of defending their position in the free marketplace of ideas.
    — David Catanese, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of weakling
Noun
  • The Sharks’ first goal was a gimme, a softy by Smith.
    — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Knox is a Great Pyrenees and Labrador mix who, despite weighing 77 pounds, is considered something of a softy.
    — Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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