milksop

as in weakling

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Recent Examples of milksop Julia’s equally posh BFF Jane (Emily Newsome) feels quite the same about her milksop of a hubby, Willy (Kevin Clarke). Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024 Jane Eyre is the milksop sibling to Villette's Lucy Snowe, the introvert's introvert: brainy, passionate, and dark. The Week, 23 May 2022
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Noun
  • The sign Scorpio isn’t known to be a weakling, nor is Tyrannosaurus.
    Lisa Stardust, People.com, 2 July 2025
  • Based on this challenge, the groups would have been weaklings Cedrek, Star, Chrissy, Sai, Kamilla, and Mary in one group and Eva, Joe, Mitch, Kyle, David, and Shauhin in the strongman group.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Teach, who carries a gun, is a wuss about the rain.
    New York Times, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2022
Noun
  • The opposite of a wimp is a Superman, the comic book creation of writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Schuster.
    Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025
  • 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.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 June 2025

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“Milksop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milksop. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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