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| Main Entry: |
milquetoast
 [milk-tohst] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | baby |
| Synonyms: | angelface, babe, bairn, bambino, boy, bundle, buttercup, button, cherub, chick, child, crawler, deduction, dividend, dumpling, kid, little angel, little darling, little doll, little one, milksop, mollycoddle, newborn, nipper, nursling, papoose, preemie, suckling, tad, toddler, tot, weakling, write-off, youngster |
| Main Entry: | timid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy |
| Synonyms: | afraid, ambivalent, apprehensive, badgered, bashful, browbeaten, bullied, capricious, cowardly, cowed, cowering, coy, daunted, demure, diffident, fainthearted, fearful, feeble, frightened, gentle, having cold feet, humble, intimidated, irresolute, milquetoast, modest, mousy, nervous, pusillanimous, retiring, shaky, shrinking, soft, spineless, spiritless, submissive, timid, timorous, trembling, unassertive, unassured, unnerved, vacillating, wavering, weak, yellow* |
| Notes: | timid is used of a person's character or disposition; timorous is used of a person's action or behavior |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, daring, extroverted, fearless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vapid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flat, dull |
| Synonyms: | bland, boring, colorless, dead*, driveling, flat tire, flavorless, inane, innocuous, insipid, jejune, least, lifeless, limp, milk-and-water, milquetoast, nothing, nowhere, stale, tame, tasteless, tedious, tiresome, unimaginative, uninspiring, uninteresting, unpalatable, vacant, vacuous, watery, weak, wishy-washy, zero* |
| Antonyms: | lively, pungent, sharp, spicy, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- Broomfield approaches, they take stock of his milquetoast manner and underestimate him.
- Ordering chicken is a milquetoast move and not sharing your short ribs is akin to hogging the ball in a pick-up game.
- Gross swung from what he called a milquetoast bullish stance to what became by summer a bold bet on lower rates.
| Main Entry: | mama's boy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mother's boy |
| Synonyms: | Milquetoast, baby, big baby, crybaby, gutless wonder, lightweight, mollycoddle, mother's darling, namby-pamby, pansy, sissy, softy, teacher's pet |
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