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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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powerhouse

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 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 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 See All Example Sentences for wimp

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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
Henry is a megalomaniac and a complete wuss.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026

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The mythmaking rebellion of Tekena, first of her name, for the sake of a coward’s love was as recognizable to her descendants as their need to cross borders, both ethnic and geographic, in search of a happiness that wasn’t promised.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
In reality, the refs just do the bidding of the cowards behind the curtain.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 14 July 2026

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wimped out

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