Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Meek, timid; lacking character or effectiveness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, informal
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Synonyms: feeble, ineffectual, insipid
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Alternative letter-case form of milquetoast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, informal
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Synonyms: softy, wimp, wuss, big girl's blouse, candy-arse, candy-ass, crybaby, milksop, milquetoast, namby, namby-pamby, nestle-cock, pansy, pantywaist, poon, punk, pushover, pussy, sissy, tenderling, weakling, weenie, wussy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Alternative letter-case form of milquetoast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sissy, pantywaist, pansy, milksop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: coward
History
Named after Caspar Milquetoast, a character from the comic strip The Timid Soul, created by American cartoonist Harold Tucker Webster (1885–1952) and first published in 1924; the character was named after the American dish milk toast (“a food consisting of toasted bread in warm milk”).
Across languages
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