as in weak
lacking strength of will or character
argues that in a time of war, the country can't afford to have a weakling president
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as in coward
a person without strength of character
only a weakling would be willing to lie to save himself from punishment
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Recent Examples of weakling
Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
He's seen as a weakling, and he must be culled from the clan.
—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Last year, Paramount, which owns CBS Sports, looked like a weakling compared to its competitors.
—Alex Sherman,contessa Brewer, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
Separating the weakling from the herd only heightened their fear.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The weaklings around Trump in the most senior positions of our government can do nothing other than agree with him.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
He's seen as a weakling, and he must be culled from the clan.
—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Last year, Paramount, which owns CBS Sports, looked like a weakling compared to its competitors.
—Alex Sherman,contessa Brewer, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
Separating the weakling from the herd only heightened their fear.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weakling
Adjective
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But lingering high ticket prices combined with weaker teams might mean sparse attendance.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
19 June 2026
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Tokyo wants to appear to be fighting a weak yen, while welcoming it in private.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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And this name sounds like a wimp to me.—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 May 2026
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What unites these movements is a shared contempt for the moderate, who is dismissed as cowardly, unprincipled, or insincere: wimps who inexplicably hate winning.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Fishback showed up at a Donalds campaign event in Lake City on Saturday with a bunch of supporters, shouting through a bullhorn that Donalds was a coward for not debating him and telling him to go back to New York, a reference to Donalds’ childhood in Brooklyn.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 June 2026
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Tyland may have gotten Triarchy pirate Admiral Sharako Lohar on Team Green’s side, but at his core this man is a coward.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
Adjective
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Treatment wiped out the cancer, but Lucy's weakened body had another ailment, one that stopped her from making stem cells, blood or platelets.—
Siafa Lewis,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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Children, people older than 65 and those with weakened immune systems can develop severe infections.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 June 2026
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Supporters of the Republican candidate, state Attorney General Ken Paxton, portray Democrats as wusses, cucks, soy boys who don’t follow sports.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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Henry is a megalomaniac and a complete wuss.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Weakling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weakling. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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