milksop

as in weakling

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Recent Examples of milksop Julia’s equally posh BFF Jane (Emily Newsome) feels quite the same about her milksop of a hubby, Willy (Kevin Clarke). Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024 Jane Eyre is the milksop sibling to Villette's Lucy Snowe, the introvert's introvert: brainy, passionate, and dark. The Week, 23 May 2022
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Noun
  • What cinches this daring perspective is actor Andrew Scott’s phenomenal characterization as a weakling who grapples with gradual self-awareness.
    Armond White, National Review, 29 Dec. 2023
  • But in a call with Mr. Licht after the meeting, Mr. Zaslav belittled Mr. Zucker as a weakling who had tears in his eyes, several people with knowledge of the conversation said.
    Benjamin Mullin, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
Noun
  • 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
  • Teach, who carries a gun, is a wuss about the rain.
    New York Times, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2022
Noun
  • 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
  • Blake is not an emasculated wimp; his confidence is complete, his suavity bordering on the toxic.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024

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“Milksop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milksop. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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