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Recent Examples of wimp
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.
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Your wimp of a husband should be there during this conversation.
—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
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Your wimp of a husband should be there during this conversation.
—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
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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
Noun
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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
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Just an utter coward folding to this embarrassing paper tiger administration.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Last year, Paramount, which owns CBS Sports, looked like a weakling compared to its competitors.—
Alex Sherman,Contessa Brewer,
CNBC,
2 Oct. 2025
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Separating the weakling from the herd only heightened their fear.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Wimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wimp. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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