wimp

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

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

Adj

Weak, wimpy.

Synonyms

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɪmp/

Etymology

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.