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
Sea turtles and other marine animals can often confuse burst balloons floating in the water for jellyfish.
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026
To Kitsui’s surprise, the jellyfish spawned every 20 hours on their own, without a specific cue.
—Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Some dine on other jellyfish — even their own young when food is scarce.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
Astrophotographer Ogetay Kayali has captured a nebula resembling a jellyfish — or possibly a brain, depending on your perspective — shining 5,000 light-years from Earth near the bright star Propus, which represents one foot of a mythological twin represented in the constellation Gemini.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 7 Mar. 2026
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026
To Kitsui’s surprise, the jellyfish spawned every 20 hours on their own, without a specific cue.
—Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Some dine on other jellyfish — even their own young when food is scarce.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
Astrophotographer Ogetay Kayali has captured a nebula resembling a jellyfish — or possibly a brain, depending on your perspective — shining 5,000 light-years from Earth near the bright star Propus, which represents one foot of a mythological twin represented in the constellation Gemini.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jellyfish
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Time constraints once again strike here, but there’s also the fact that the movie drops the plot’s true twist — that Grace is a coward — only a few minutes before.—
Matthew Razak,
Space.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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John Cornyn is a coward who has refused to support abolishing the filibuster to pass this bill.—
Jack Fink,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Using electric or reed diffusers offers a simple, hands-off method to keep your spring fragrance filling your home.—
Olivia McIntosh,
Martha Stewart,
16 Apr. 2026
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Wicker refers to the method of weaving—most outdoor wicker furniture features materials such as rattan, raffia, bamboo, and willow reeds.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
14 Apr. 2026
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Inspired by both the classic cartoons of the 1930s and gritty noir detective movies of the same era, the black-and-white, first-person shooter game stars Baker as the main protagonist, mouse detective Jack Pepper.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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Experiments on mouse brain tissue confirmed that the artificial signals could activate real neural circuits.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Apr. 2026
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The work, collected by Yves Saint Laurent and Paul Bergé before drawing the interest of Karl Lagerfeld, Peter Marino, and Tom Ford, offers a fantasy of les enfants laughing while perched on one of Lalanne’s woolly sheep in a sprawling Parisian apartment, Right Bank parents with Left Bank kids.—
David Lê,
Curbed,
20 Apr. 2026
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As part of the Great Exchange, which spanned from 1492 to 1640, Europeans brought over cows, sheep, and goats.—
Karla Walsh,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Apr. 2026
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“Jellyfish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jellyfish. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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