weakling

Speech parts

1. weakling - Noun

2. weakling - Adjective

Meaning

Weak; feeble.

A weak or feeble creature.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sissy pushover craven nancy ponce sop pansy pussy runt mouse chicken coward quitter weak WET
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Antonyms

lion knight brewer tiger victor titan
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Hypernyms

person individual soul mortal somebody someone

Hyponyms

mouse chicken crybaby namby-pamby softie softy

Phrases with the word

sniveling weakling

Examples

At the time, many – including Admiral Erich Raeder — felt such talk marked Dönitz as a weakling. Source: Internet

Lorian, the eldest, is clearly the brawn of this duo, though that is not what makes the younger of the prince brothers a weakling. Source: Internet

The Incredible Hulk 4 (November 1962) The Hulk generally divorces his identity from Banner’s, decrying Banner as "that puny weakling in the picture." Source: Internet

The word was also used to mean defraud, to be idle, to intercept telegrams addressed to someone else, and a weakling or 'milksop'. Source: Internet

“I was just a weakling as a kid,” he says. Source: Internet

The more Obama avoids such blunt language, the more Netanyahu is likely to view Obama as a weakling who can be played politically. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

weaklier weakliest weakliness weaklink weakly weakly cardinal