wimp

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

Someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy.

Verb

1. (intransitive, slang) To behave submissively.
2. (slang, transitive) To make (something) weak or wimpy.

Adj

Weak, wimpy.

Concetti

coccio

rammollito

fifone

imbranato

smidollato

sinonimi

chicken

🐔

weakling

coward

pansy

wuss

sissy

softy

crybaby

scaredy-cat

funk

dweeb

softie

weak

wimpy

yellow-belly

weak-willed

wimpish

sissyish

candy-ass

chicken-shit

cissy

faint

milksop

mollycoddle

namby-pamby

pip-squeak

powerless

puppet

pussy

😺

soft

Traduzioni

mauviette

Schwächling

Feigling

Weichei

peureux

😨

lafaard

sul

angsthaas

Warmduscher

bangerd

faible

Schlappschwanz

lavette

Hasenfuß

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/wɪmp/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Possibly a clipping of whimper. The term was understood in the United States by the 1930s, as it was incorporated into the names of two famous media characters known for living up to that name: The devious but cowardly Popeye supporting-character called "J. Wellington Wimpy", and the soft-spoken character "Wallace Wimple" from the radio show Fibber McGee and Molly.