wimp
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6.3
- noun
- /wɪmp/
- Offensive
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- He was too much of a wimp to ask her out on a date.
- called a wimp
- a bunch of wimps
- look like a wimp
If you're a wimp, the market will take your money.
- If you're a wimp, the market will take your money.
- So to Fast forward, I told myself, you're the biggest wimp.
- But when it came to my dad's stories, they, they were all wimps.
- You thought if you believed the campaign, you would have thought he was a wimp, some kind of weakling.
- So I tell myself these guys are soft, They are wimps.
- There's things I'm even embarrassed to even say, man, you know, 'cause I don't want to sound like a wimp.
- I can only do that if I have some sort of model that it's OK to do that, that that doesn't mean I'm a wimp or mentally ill or weak or pathetic.
- And is Biden a bad boy, nice guy or wimp?
- And I go, oh, fierce, a wimp, tough, soft, resilient, you know, cracks immediately.
Examples
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You're such a wimp anyway.
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- What a wimp he turned out to be.
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Sure, you were kind of a wimp, but the guy is right.
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- Come on, that guy's a total wimp.
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You turned him into a wimp.
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I'm not a little wimp like big Steve here.
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And this guy is the biggest wimp I've ever met.
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If you're a wimp, the market will take your money.
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What a wimp.
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He's a wimp.
Synonyms
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8.4
A person who is easily frightened and not brave
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9.1
A person who is not brave and avoids difficult things
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3.7
A person who cries or complains too easily
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9.3
A person who is too afraid to try things
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9.9
A person who is shy and lacks courage
A person who is easily frightened and not brave
Antonyms
How Cowardly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wimp probably comes from the word whimper, which means 'to cry softly'. Think of someone who whimpers when frightened — that's why wimp means a person who is weak or easily scared.