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pansy

pansy

30 9.9
An offensive word for a male who is seen as weak or feminine
  • noun
  • /ˈpæn.zi/
  • Slur
: maricón
  • But what would this pansy generation know about pain or risk that can't be mitigated with pills?
  • pansy-ass
  • goddamn pansy
  • little pansy

Congress sucks at their job, their weenie baby Pansy bitches.

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Examples

  • I'm gonna sue this pansy critic.

  • If you quit the force when I did, you wouldn't be such a pansy.

  • And then he just is made to look like the biggest idiot and and kind of Pansy throughout that whole thing.

  • How about you get your big boy pants on and stop being a pansy?

    Blog text (3)
  • Another rule that ties into the first is to stop being a pansy about what you think food should be and just eat and enjoy.

    Blog text (25)
  • You know, Tracy, for a tough guy, you do a lot of pansy things.

  • My father laughed: "Don't be such a pansy, Derek."

    Academic text (1999)
  • Don't be a pansy-ass!

  • So if you win 10 games against a pansy schedule but can't ever beat a ranked team, then you say that qualifies as a coaching extension.

    Blog text (24)
  • You're nothing but a pansy for refusing to participate in the race.

Synonyms

milquetoast
vspansy
  • Offensive
5 9.9

A person who is very shy and does not speak up

implies weakness plus an insulting suggestion of effeminacy or homosexuality
pantywaist
vspansy
  • Offensive
4 9.9

A man or boy who seems weak and afraid to act

focuses on weakness but adds a sexualized insult implying effeminacy
milksop
vspansy
  • Offensive
2 9.9

A man or boy who is not brave and does not stand up for himself

labels weakness while also suggesting effeminacy or homosexuality as insult

Antonyms

95 3.0

Showing strength, courage, or a strong will often seen as men's qualities

87 3.7

Having qualities people often connect with men, for example strength and toughness

Compounds

1 7.5

A flowering plant with flat, colorful flowers like garden pansies

1 4.9

A small wildflower from Europe with three coloured petals

7.3

A small wild flower with pale cream petals often touched with violet in fields

5.3

A common small garden flower with large pale blue or purple blooms

9.0

A small European flower like a violet with a long tube behind its petals

How Insulting

pansy
  • Slur
30 9.9
sissy
  • Slur
59 8.2
to wimp
  • Offensive
11 7.8
weakling
  • Offensive
25 4.4

Surface Forms

pansy singular
pansies plural

Etymology

Pansy used as an insult comes from comparing a man to the delicate flower, so it came to mean someone weak or 'effeminate'. This use is rude and offensive, and many people avoid it today.