Antonyms for weakling
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : week-ling |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwik lɪŋ |
Definition of weakling
Origin :- 1520s, coined by Tyndale from weak as a loan-translation of Luther's Weichling "effeminate man," from German weich "soft" (see weak).
- noun person who has no strength
- He was a weakling, and had no love of boyish sports; but he excelled in scholarship.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- He had known him for a fool, a weakling, a babbler, and a bibber of wine.
- Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
- Strange that so much should depend upon one man; tragic that the one man was a weakling.
- Extract from : « This One Problem » by M. C. Pease
- And they would know they were garroting a man, and not a weakling!
- Extract from : « Mayflower (Flor de mayo) » by Vicente Blasco Ibez
- Here I am weeping and wailing, she thought, as if I had no brains and as if I were a weakling.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of Maya the Bee » by Waldemar Bonsels
- It must be said for George Fleming that at least he was a hardy villain and no weakling.
- Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
- She struck him across the eyes with full strength, and she was no weakling.
- Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
- I know you are no coward or weakling, but he could throw you over the wall.
- Extract from : « The Innocence of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton
- Even a weakling can cripple the strongest man if he once gets that hold.
- Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on the Trail » by George Durston
- Such a man as Bobby Bulteel must have been, as George said, a weakling.
- Extract from : « Man and Maid » by Elinor Glyn
Synonyms for weakling
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