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wimp

noun

ˈwimp

Definition of wimp

as in wuss

a person lacking in physical strength just because you can't lift 300 pounds doesn't mean you're a wimp

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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 Advertisement Similarly, no one is going to think Mullin is a wimp. — Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Mar. 2026 Eventually Sutton calls Amanda a wimp for not wanting any part of any confrontation, and Amanda tells her not to call her a wimp in her own home. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for wimp

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Noun

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
Henry is a megalomaniac and a complete wuss.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026

Definition of wuss

Noun

If your team didn’t hand out $700 million IOUs deferred until the next century, your owner was just a cheap coward.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026
Corey Graves was much more talkative this time around, lambasting Big Cass as a coward while supporting Evans.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of coward

Noun

Much like the Iranians, Europeans and Brazilians, the Canadians don’t intend to be weaklings or pushovers.

— Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
But with the Rockies looking a bit feisty (not to be mistaken with competent), what happens if the Giants can’t beat up on the division weaklings this year?

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 27 May 2026

Definition of weakling

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wimp

wimped out

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