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wimp

noun

ˈwimp

Definition of wimp

as in wuss

a person lacking in physical strength just because you can't lift 300 pounds doesn't mean you're a wimp

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as in coward

a person without strength of character what kind of wimp would just give in to peer pressure?

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Recent Examples of wimp Only to then endure opprobrium being unfairly dumped on her from wimps who should’ve known — and who should’ve behaved — better toward her when the Disney dud was released. — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 June 2025 The opposite of a wimp is a Superman, the comic book creation of writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Schuster. — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025 Wes Siler, our longtime outdoor lifestyle columnist, is a total wimp who obsessively pursues comfort in extreme environments. — Wes Siler, Outside, 27 Aug. 2025 For the anarchic, nearly surreal nature of the bits that make legendary cinematic daredevils ranging from Buster Keaton to Jackie Chan seem like wimps. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for wimp

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Supporters of the Republican candidate, state Attorney General Ken Paxton, portray Democrats as wusses, cucks, soy boys who don’t follow sports.

— Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
Henry is a megalomaniac and a complete wuss.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026

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That’s the sign of a true coward.

— Maria Bamford, Vulture, 23 June 2026
Fishback showed up at a Donalds campaign event in Lake City on Saturday with a bunch of supporters, shouting through a bullhorn that Donalds was a coward for not debating him and telling him to go back to New York, a reference to Donalds’ childhood in Brooklyn.

— Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026

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wimped out

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