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View usage for: (wiːklɪŋ) Word forms: plural weaklings1. countable nounIf you describe a person or an animal as a weakling, you mean that they are physically weak. [disapproval] 2. countable nounIf you describe someone as a weakling, you mean that they have a weak character and are not at all brave. [disapproval] ...a moral weakling. More Synonyms of weakling weakling in British English (ˈwiːklɪŋ) nouna person or animal that is lacking in strength or weak in constitution or character weakling in American English (wiklɪŋ) noun1. a person or animal low in physical strength or vitality 2. a person of weak character or intellect Examples of 'weakling' in a sentenceweakling One could not imagine Lucian's being a weakling, drawn into a situation against his will.`For so many years, he is the joke always, the one everyone laughs at and teases; poor clumsy weakling John.Their endurance of hardship was something the German soldier, himself no weakling, found a perennial miracle.She didn't consider herself a weakling by any means, but his strength kept taking her by surprise. In other languagesweakling British English: weakling NOUN If you describe a person or an animal as a weakling, you mean that they are physically weak. You were never a ninety-eight pound weakling. - American English: weakling
- Brazilian Portuguese: pessoa fraca
- Chinese: 体质孱弱的人 > 或动物
- European Spanish: debilucho
- French: gringalet
- German: Schwächling
- Italian: debole
- Japanese: 体の弱い人・動物
- Korean: 약골
- European Portuguese: pessoa fraca
- Latin American Spanish: debilucho
Definition a person who is lacking in physical or mental strength a craven weakling with no backbone or moral fibre Synonyms wet (British, informal) mousejessie (Scottish, slang) pussy (slang, mainly US) jellyfish (informal) doormat (slang) wuss (slang) Seewimp- weak
- weak-willed
- weaken
- weakling
- weakness
- weal
- wealth
Additional synonymsDefinition a feeble or foolish person Synonyms weed (informal), drip (informal), wimp (informal), weakling, wuss (slang), milksopDefinition a feeble ineffective person I'm a total wimp when watching horror films. Synonyms weakling, wet (British, slang), mouse, drip (informal), coward, jessie (Scottish, slang), pussy (slang, US), jellyfish (informal), sissy, doormat (slang), pussycat (British, informal), wuss (slang), milksop, softy or softie |