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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | sissy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weakling |
| Synonyms: | baby, chicken*, coward, cream puff, crybaby, cuckold, daisy, jellyfish, milksop, momma's boy, namby-pamby, pansy, pantywaist, pushover, wimp*, wuss, yellow belly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wimp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weakling |
| Synonyms: | baby, caitiff, chicken heart, chicken liver, chicken*, coward, cream puff, crybaby, daisy, featherweight, fraidy-cat, jellyfish, lily liver, loser, milksop, momma's boy, namby-pamby, pansy, pantywaist, puppy, pushover, scaredy-cat, schlemiel, sissy, wuss, wussy, yellow belly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nervous Nellie |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very nervous person |
| Synonyms: | a bundle of nerves, chicken, fraidy cat, nervous wreck, pantywaist, wimp, worrier, worrywart, wuss |
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