wimp
noun
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Definition of wimp
: a weak, cowardly, or ineffectual person
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Other Words from wimp
wimpiness
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wimpish
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wimpishness
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wimpy
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Synonyms & Antonyms for wimp
Synonyms
softy (or softie), weakling, wuss (also wussy)
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Examples of wimp in a Sentence
just because you can't lift 300 pounds doesn't mean you're a wimp
what kind of wimp would just give in to peer pressure?
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Not being wimps means throwing China out of the World Trade Organization or negotiating a free-trade deal. — Andy Kessler, WSJ, "Lessons From an ’80s Trade War," 7 Oct. 2018 Comparing working in the White House to being in Iraq as well as expressing his love for the anonymous White House coward wimp. — Fox News, "Judge Jeanine: You're the reason Trump is president, Barack," 8 Sep. 2018 Separately, even weather wimps like myself can deal with it. — Nick Hoppe, San Francisco Chronicle, "There’s no place like home for weather weaklings," 11 June 2018 That’s not to say that these classifications — horror buffs, horror wimps — are totally set in stone. — Cari Romm, The Cut, "What Your Ability to Handle Horror Movies Says About You," 14 June 2018 From pregnancy to labor pains and giving birth to the growing pains as a first-timer, simply put, motherhood is not for wimps. — Alicia Harper, Redbook, "What Motherhood Has Taught Me," 29 Dec. 2011 There’s the box, the wheel, the win and the wimp’s special — the show bet. — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, "This foolproof Kentucky Derby 'winning' plan starts in the garden," 4 May 2018 Her shudder was also a show of contempt for all those Chicago wimps who’d recently been to Florida, or San Diego, or Arizona and spent their time gloating about it on Facebook. — Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, "Once again, Detective April Hope goes in search of Chicago's spring," 17 Apr. 2018 What a wimp, that D.J. Finau wasn’t going to let a little thing like a grotesquely dislocated ankle keep him out of his first Masters. — Gary D'amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "D'Amato: After suffering a horrific ankle injury, Tony Finau on solid footing at Masters," 5 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wimp.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for wimp
wimp
noun
English Language Learners Definition of wimp
informal
: a weak person who lacks confidence, courage, etc.
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