Synonyms for wimp

Grammar : Noun

Spell : wimp

Phonetic Transcription : wɪmp

Top 10 synonyms for wimp

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Définition of wimp

Origin : 1920 (but not attested again until 1960), perhaps a clipped form of whimper (cf whimp, 1540s), perhaps influenced by J. Wellington Wimpy, comparatively unaggressive character in "Popeye" comics.

noun weakling

Example sentences :

Mr. Wimp has found no possible clue to such conduct in his papers.
Extract from : « The Big Bow Mystery » by I. Zangwill

And yet, had not Mrs. Wimp let out as much at the Christmas dinner?
Extract from : « The Big Bow Mystery » by I. Zangwill

Grodman saw it and watched her, and fooled Wimp to the top of his bent.
Extract from : « The Big Bow Mystery » by I. Zangwill

Another of Wimp's grandmother-in-law's delusions was that Wimp had married to get her into the family.
Extract from : « The Big Bow Mystery » by I. Zangwill

Wimp did what work he could do at home in a secluded study at the top of the house.
Extract from : « The Big Bow Mystery » by I. Zangwill

This was Wimp's wife's mother's mother, a lady of sweet seventy.
Extract from : « The Big Bow Mystery » by I. Zangwill

At this moment Wimp felt that Grodman had been right in remaining a bachelor.
Extract from : « The Big Bow Mystery » by I. Zangwill

Wimp's eye glittered with excitement and contempt for Grodman's blindness.
Extract from : « The Big Bow Mystery » by I. Zangwill

This time Wimp would be one of them; and, he felt, deservedly so.
Extract from : « The Big Bow Mystery » by I. Zangwill

Grodman saw it, and watched her, and fooled Wimp to the top of his bent.
Extract from : « The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes » by Israel Zangwill

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