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weakling

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noun

1
as in wimp
a person lacking in physical strength he had been a weakling until high school, when he started working out to put on muscle

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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
Noun
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 The fact these losers want to jail Andrew and Tristan Tate for preaching their version of traditional masculinity highlights the fact that these fascist feminists are fragile weaklings incapable of defending their position in the free marketplace of ideas. David Catanese, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025 In Europe the obvious weaklings are Lancia, Alfa Romeo, and DS. Neil Winton, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025 What cinches this daring perspective is actor Andrew Scott’s phenomenal characterization as a weakling who grapples with gradual self-awareness. Armond White, National Review, 29 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for weakling
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weakling
Adjective
  • The economy has withstood weak role creation precisely because the pool of applicants is shrinking.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The defensive line took advantage of a weak Auburn O-line, sacking Arnold five times.
    Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Wes Siler, our longtime outdoor lifestyle columnist, is a total wimp who obsessively pursues comfort in extreme environments.
    Wes Siler, Outside, 27 Aug. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The crowd applauds for 13 seconds both at the intense, almost Chris Farley–esque yell itself and the absurdity of Maron’s desire to be a manly coward.
    John Roy, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Just an utter coward folding to this embarrassing paper tiger administration.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • While the power opportunities are bright, the current earnings reports are much more dour as the oil sector slogs along with weakened activity.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • However, Bon Jovi found a surgeon who performed a medialization thyroplasty surgery, a cutting-edge procedure in which an implant was placed on the outside of his vocal cord to rebuild the weakened cord.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 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
  • Swayman shrugged off the softy and several key stops early in the third period when the B’s took back-to-back penalties.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Jamie would probably cry over this; that highlander is a softy.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025

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“Weakling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weakling. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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