Synonyms for pansy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pan-zee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæn zi |
Top 10 synonyms for pansy Other synonyms for the word pansy
- big baby
- chicken heart
- chicken liver
- cream puff
- cry-baby
- fraidy-cat
- gutless wonder
- lightweight
- lily liver
- loser
- milksop
- Milquetoast
- mollycoddle
- momma's boy
- mother's darling
- namby-pamby
- pansy
- pantywaist
- puppy
- pushover
- quitter
- scaredy cat
- scaredy-cat
- schlemiel
- sissy
- softy
- teacher's pet
- weakling
- wimp
- wuss
- wussy
- yellow
- yellow belly
Définition of pansy
Origin :- mid-15c., from Middle French pensée "a pansy," literally "thought, remembrance," from fem. past participle of penser "to think," from Latin pensare "consider," frequentative of pendere "to weigh" (see pensive). So called because it was regarded as a symbol of thought or remembrance. Meaning "effeminate homosexual man" is first recorded 1929.
- As in milksop : noun coward
- As in pantywaist : noun sissy
- As in sissy : noun weakling
- As in wimp : noun weakling
- As in : noun mother's boy
- Pansy Murphy was scrubbing out the office when he came down for breakfast.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- But how did it come that he had pansy stains on the knees of his trousers?
- Extract from : « Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective » by Ellis Parker Butler
- Pansy and Pickwick, and the birds and Gypsy, and Methusaleh are all good friends.
- Extract from : « Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad » by Various
- Then Elfride and Pansy appeared on the hill in a round trot.
- Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
- Pansy went, like the steed of Adonis, as if she told the steps.
- Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
- Pansy did turn at last, and went up the slope again to the high-road.
- Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
- Pansy at home, during summer, had little but grass to live on.
- Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
- And them pansy brown eyes can light up sort of fascinatin', I expect.
- Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
- Then Pansy's curiosity, getting the better of her pout, demanded information.
- Extract from : « Trent's Trust and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
- What soon happens to a pansy flower after it is broken from the plant?
- Extract from : « Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study » by Ontario Ministry of Education
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