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WEAKLING

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English dictionary: Word overview

WEAKLING (noun)
  The noun WEAKLING has 1 sense:

1. a person who is physically weak and ineffectual

  Familiarity information: WEAKLING used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


WEAKLING (noun)


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Meaning:

A person who is physically weak and ineffectual

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

doormat; weakling; wuss

Hypernyms ("weakling" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weakling"):

namby-pamby (an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental)

softie; softy (a person who is weak and excessively sentimental)

chicken; crybaby; wimp (a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy)


English Proverbs
"Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while."
(English proverb)
"One could not cross a bridge constructed by oneself."
(Bhutanese proverb)
"The earth is a beehive; we all enter by the same door but live in different cells."
(African proverb)
"If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains as is."
(Egyptian proverb)


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