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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
Kelly, a bit of a spice wimp, needed sips of the sweet pickle lemonade to handle the heat.
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Kelly Tyko, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
But the character, in Groening’s view, turned out to be a wimp.
—Darryn King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
The hard labor of making Wabanaki baskets Wabanaki basket-making isn’t for wimps.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
Compared to 88-year-old percussion master Pete Escovedo, Keith Sweat, John Michael Montgomery, Frankie Beverly and the members of the Eagles and Aventura seem like, well, wimps.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
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Kelly Tyko, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
But the character, in Groening’s view, turned out to be a wimp.
—Darryn King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
The hard labor of making Wabanaki baskets Wabanaki basket-making isn’t for wimps.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
Compared to 88-year-old percussion master Pete Escovedo, Keith Sweat, John Michael Montgomery, Frankie Beverly and the members of the Eagles and Aventura seem like, well, wimps.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
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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
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With rising apprehension, the Cabinet kept deliberating for a couple of days while Sumner did his best to shut down jingoistic rhetoric in the Senate from politicians who demanded that Lincoln not be a coward in the face of Great Britain.—
Zaakir Tameez
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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Because these cowards fear being doxed for their inhumane and unconscionable actions.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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The Sharks’ first goal was a gimme, a softy by Smith.—
Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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Knox is a Great Pyrenees and Labrador mix who, despite weighing 77 pounds, is considered something of a softy.—
Gord Magill,
Newsweek,
21 Dec. 2024
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“Wimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wimp. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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