Milksop - English meaning

noun

A rude word for a person who is not brave

noun

A person who is contemptibly lacking in the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things.

Usage examples:

They had run away—the cowards!

adjective

Excessively afraid of danger or pain.

Usage examples:

Aidan had lost count how many times he'd cried himself to sleep in order to escape the pain that he…

noun

A person, especially a child, who sheds tears frequently or readily.

Usage examples:

She just didn't want to put up with the little brat even if it meant making herself out to be a cow…

noun

Infmldisapproving someone who cries or complains a lot without good reason

verb

Let fall or be so wet as to shed small drops of liquid.

Usage examples:

The tap won't stop dripping

noun

A small drop of a liquid.

Usage examples:

She put the bucket on top of the dresser to catch the drips

verb

Flowing in drops

noun

A free-swimming marine coelenterate with a gelatinous bell- or saucer-shaped body that is typically transparent and has stinging tentacles around the edge.

Usage examples:

Like jellyfish, medusa can sting an enemy with its tentacles.

noun

A sea animal with a soft, round, almost transparent body with tentacles that can sting

noun

An effeminate, weak, or oversensitive man.

Usage examples:

There is no number two, an’ what you gonna do about that, ya bunch of jessies?

noun

A timid or feeble person.

Usage examples:

Jennings plays him as something of a milquetoast

adjective

Feeble, insipid, or bland.

Usage examples:

A soppy, milquetoast composer

noun

A shy, nervous person with a weak character, usually a man

Usage examples:

He changes from a dorky milquetoast to a sexy macho hero., during boxing's bare-knuckle era, gloves…

adjective

Weak, silly, or emotional

Usage examples:

She thinks we're a bunch of namby-pamby liberals.

noun

A feeble or cowardly person.

Usage examples:

He has devised the word ‘guardianistas’, for the pantywaists (nervous nellies) who read this paper …

adjective

A feeble or effeminate man.

noun

A person, especially a man, who is thought of as weak or cowardly (= not brave)

Usage examples:

Stop spoiling him or you'll turn him into a pantywaist., the mission was directed by some pantywais…

noun

An utter coward.

Usage examples:

Come on, you poltroons!

noun

A pretentious, affected, or effete man.

Usage examples:

You know you love prancing around like a ponce with new clothes.

verb

Seek to obtain (something) without paying for it or doing anything in return.

Usage examples:

I ponced a ciggie off her

noun

A man who controls prostitutes and takes a large part of the money that they earn for himself

Usage examples:

Don't be such a ponce! pick the spider up - it won't hurt you!

noun

A cat.

Usage examples:

Ginger-topped stan, who bears an uncanny resemblance to his marmalade pussy, had found the answer t…

noun

A cat

noun

A soft, timid, or oversensitive person, or a boy or man viewed as being overly interested in things traditionally associated with women.

Usage examples:

He would hate the other boys to think he was a sissy

adjective

A person regarded as effeminate or cowardly.

Usage examples:

He would hate the other boys to think he was a sissy

noun

A boy who seems to be easily frightened and not brave, or who is not interested in things boys usually like

Usage examples:

Dancing was for sissies when i was a kid.

noun

A flake of snow, especially a feathery ice crystal, typically displaying delicate sixfold symmetry.

Usage examples:

He watched the tiny snowflakes drift onto his black jean pants.

noun

A single piece of snow that falls from the sky

noun

A person or animal that is physically weak and frail.

Usage examples:

We spend money and effort in rearing every weakling

noun

A wild plant growing where it is not wanted and in competition with cultivated plants.

Usage examples:

Keep the seedlings clear of weeds

verb

Remove unwanted plants from (an area of ground).

Usage examples:

I was weeding a flower bed

verb

Urinate.

adjective

Covered or saturated with water or another liquid.

Usage examples:

She followed, slipping on the wet rock

verb

Cover or touch with liquid; moisten.

Usage examples:

He wetted a finger and flicked through the pages

noun

Liquid that makes something damp.

Usage examples:

I could feel the wet of his tears

noun

A person who is not strong, brave, or confident

Usage examples:

I always thought he was a wimp.