as in coward
a person without strength of character
a jellyfish who was afraid to tell her boss that her latest brainstorm was just plain bad
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Recent Examples of jellyfish
For instance, chemiluminescence refers to any chemical process that creates light — whether from a jellyfish or a glow stick.
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2025
The winning film, Total Pixel Space by Jacob Adler, is a jumble of both realistic and impossible vivid landscapes like a flying pig, people floating in a city or inside a pool, a bloom of jellyfish and a meerkat donning a bright yellow turtleneck.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
These lineages, which contain the comb jellies, the sea sponges, and other ocean creatures such as jellyfish, corals, and sea anemones, comprise some of the Earth’s simplest animals.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 7 May 2025
Not only does urine not help remove venom from a ray’s barb, it also should not be used to treat a jellyfish sting.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2025
The winning film, Total Pixel Space by Jacob Adler, is a jumble of both realistic and impossible vivid landscapes like a flying pig, people floating in a city or inside a pool, a bloom of jellyfish and a meerkat donning a bright yellow turtleneck.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
These lineages, which contain the comb jellies, the sea sponges, and other ocean creatures such as jellyfish, corals, and sea anemones, comprise some of the Earth’s simplest animals.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 7 May 2025
Not only does urine not help remove venom from a ray’s barb, it also should not be used to treat a jellyfish sting.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jellyfish
Noun
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With rising apprehension, the Cabinet kept deliberating for a couple of days while Sumner did his best to shut down jingoistic rhetoric in the Senate from politicians who demanded that Lincoln not be a coward in the face of Great Britain.—
Zaakir Tameez
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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Because these cowards fear being doxed for their inhumane and unconscionable actions.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2025
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But Gabby will sit for hours while the oboist practices and makes reeds for her instrument.—
Beth Wood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 June 2025
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Lake Hodges near Escondido is a major grebe nesting location where birders enjoy following the nesting process that begins with the weaving of reeds into floating mats where eggs are then deposited. Loons, coots, rails and gallinules are also floating nest builders.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
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To find out whether bacteria would still collect PFAS chemicals inside a larger organism, the team used mice raised to lack a microbiome of their own and colonized the animals’ gut with several human microbiome bacteria that were shown to absorb PFAS.—
Nora Bradford,
Scientific American,
4 July 2025
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An inspector followed up on the complaint and found mice droppings in aisles 14-17, product that was chewed through and a live mouse, Turner said.—
Killian Baarlaer,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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Gone is the usual array of synthetic materials, replaced with more natural alternatives like a flax-composite shell, corn furniture and sheep's wool upholstery.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 July 2025
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Some of the fields clearly show the benefit of the sheep’s rotational grazing and fertilizing.—
Helen Whybrow
July 7,
Literary Hub,
7 July 2025
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“Jellyfish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jellyfish. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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