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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has no strength |
| Synonyms: | baby, chicken heart, chicken*, coward, cream puff, crybaby, dotard, invertebrate, jellyfish, misfit, pushover, wimp*, yellow belly |
| Antonyms: | strongman |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | craven |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | timid person |
| Synonyms: | caitiff, chicken*, coward, dastard, fraidy cat, nebbish, poltroon, quitter, recreant, scaredy cat, weakling, wheyface, wimp*, wuss, yellow belly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | milksop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coward |
| Synonyms: | baby*, caitiff, chicken heart, chicken liver, chicken*, cry-baby, deserter, fraidy-cat, jellyfish, lily liver, momma's boy, namby-pamby, pansy, pantywaist, quitter, scaredy cat, sissy, weakling, wimp, wuss, wussy, yellow, yellow belly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | namby-pamby |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pansy |
| Synonyms: | baby*, caitiff, chicken heart, chicken liver, chicken*, coward, cry-baby, fraidy-cat, jellyfish, lily liver, milksop, momma's boy, pantywaist, quitter, scaredy cat, sissy, weakling, wimp, wuss, wussy, yellow, yellow belly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pantywaist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sissy |
| Synonyms: | baby*, chicken*, coward, cry-baby, fraidy-cat, milksop, momma's boy, namby-pamby, pansy, scaredy cat, weakling, wimp*, wuss, wussy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | patsy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fall guy |
| Synonyms: | boob*, chump, doormat, dupe, easy mark, fool, goat, gull, pigeon, pushover, sap*, scapegoat, schmuck, sitting duck, stooge, sucker, victim, weakling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stupid person |
| Synonyms: | chump, dolt, dupe, fool, idiot, jerk, nitwit, patsy, pigeon, simpleton, sucker, weakling |
| Main Entry: | scapegoat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who takes blame for another's action |
| Synonyms: | boob, chump, doormat, dupe, easy mark, fall guy, fool, goat, gull, mark*, patsy, pigeon, pushover, sacrifice, sap*, schmuck, sitting duck, stooge, sucker, victim, weakling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drench |
| Synonyms: | absorb, bribe, dip, douse, dunk, milksop, saturate, soak, steep, weakling, wet |
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