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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
Your wimp of a husband should be there during this conversation.
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Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
Share The patriarch of the Berenstain Bears’ family is not a wimp.
—Gregory M. Collins, National Review, 15 June 2025
Whoopi Goldberg doesn't want to raise a generation of wimps, thank you very much.
—Joey Nolfi Published, EW.com, 11 June 2025
Kelly, a bit of a spice wimp, needed sips of the sweet pickle lemonade to handle the heat.
—Kelly Tyko, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
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Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
Share The patriarch of the Berenstain Bears’ family is not a wimp.
—Gregory M. Collins, National Review, 15 June 2025
Whoopi Goldberg doesn't want to raise a generation of wimps, thank you very much.
—Joey Nolfi Published, EW.com, 11 June 2025
Kelly, a bit of a spice wimp, needed sips of the sweet pickle lemonade to handle the heat.
—Kelly Tyko, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wimp
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
Noun
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So this coward had to fire from outside of the church, through the church windows and into the church.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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According to Boxing called Davis a coward for his decision.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The sign Scorpio isn’t known to be a weakling, nor is Tyrannosaurus.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
2 July 2025
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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
Noun
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Jamie would probably cry over this; that highlander is a softy.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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Who knew the Roastmaster General was such a softy?—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Wimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wimp. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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