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as in coward
a person without strength of character
what kind of wimp would just give in to peer pressure?
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Recent Examples of wimp
Only to then endure opprobrium being unfairly dumped on her from wimps who should’ve known — and who should’ve behaved — better toward her when the Disney dud was released.
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Your wimp of a husband should be there during this conversation.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
Share The patriarch of the Berenstain Bears’ family is not a wimp.
—Gregory M. Collins, National Review, 15 June 2025
Whoopi Goldberg doesn't want to raise a generation of wimps, thank you very much.
—Joey Nolfi Published, EW.com, 11 June 2025
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Your wimp of a husband should be there during this conversation.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
Share The patriarch of the Berenstain Bears’ family is not a wimp.
—Gregory M. Collins, National Review, 15 June 2025
Whoopi Goldberg doesn't want to raise a generation of wimps, thank you very much.
—Joey Nolfi Published, EW.com, 11 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for wimp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wimp
Noun
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Of the two sisters in the yellow house, Paula is a much gentler girl, a wuss, a baby, the biggest chicken—that’s how her sister thinks of her—and Rhonda is the boss.—
Alex Mar,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2023
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Teach, who carries a gun, is a wuss about the rain.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2022
Noun
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We are told that politics is for cowards, literary analysis is for women, education is a system of liberal indoctrination, brave individuals must resist the herd.—
Robert Rubsam,
Vulture,
18 Sep. 2025
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Punk then made his entrance to confront Lynch, calling Rollins a coward for hiding behind his wife.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Separating the weakling from the herd only heightened their fear.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
25 Sep. 2025
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The sign Scorpio isn’t known to be a weakling, nor is Tyrannosaurus.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Jamie would probably cry over this; that highlander is a softy.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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Who knew the Roastmaster General was such a softy?—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Wimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wimp. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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