"wimpy" meaning in All languages combined

See wimpy on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wimpy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: wimpier [comparative], wimpiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪmpi Etymology: From wimp + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|wimp|-y|text=+|tree=1}} From wimp + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} wimpy (comparative wimpier, superlative wimpiest)
  1. (informal, often derogatory) Having the characteristics of a wimp; feeble, indecisive, cowardly. Tags: derogatory, informal, often Derived forms: unwimpy, wimpily, wimpiness Translations (feeble, indecisive, cowardly): cagón (Galician), cagán (Galician), cagalleiro (Galician), caguelo (Galician), cagado (Galician), covarde (Galician), schwächlich (German), erbärmlich (German), kümmerlich (German), feige (German), unentschlossen (German), banana (Portuguese), nehotărât [masculine] (Romanian), laș [masculine] (Romanian), ñoño (Spanish), nenaza (Spanish), cagón (Spanish), cagueta (Spanish), gallina (Spanish), endeble (Spanish), timorato (Spanish), medroso (Spanish), pelele (Spanish), cagado (Spanish), cobardón (Spanish), pringado (Spanish), pusilánime (Spanish), mesig (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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