"weakling" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈwiːkˈlɪŋɡ/, /ˈwiːklɪŋɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-weakling.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From weak + -ling. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|weak|ling}} weak + -ling Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} weakling
  1. weak, either physically, morally or mentally Translations (weak, either physically, morally or mentally): слаб (slab) (Bulgarian), хилав (hilav) (Bulgarian), חֲלַשְׁלוּשׁ (ẖalashlúsh) [masculine] (Hebrew), rōrā (Maori), tīmohea (Maori), belingaz (Northern Kurdish), perîşan (Northern Kurdish), jar (Northern Kurdish), hejar (Northern Kurdish), fracote (Portuguese), сла́бый (slábyj) (Russian), хи́лый (xílyj) (Russian), enclenque (Spanish), fuñingue [Chile, Cuba] (Spanish), pusilánime (Spanish), vek (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-weakling-en-adj-G0xns-E7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ling Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 35 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 37 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 44 49 8

Noun

IPA: /ˈwiːkˈlɪŋɡ/, /ˈwiːklɪŋɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-weakling.wav [Southern-England] Forms: weaklings [plural]
Etymology: From weak + -ling. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|weak|ling}} weak + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} weakling (plural weaklings)
  1. A person of weak or even sickly physical constitution Categories (topical): People Synonyms (person of weak constitution): twerk, twerp Translations (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution): Abziehbildle [neuter] (Alemannic German), слабак (slabak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), nyicris (Catalan), slaboch [masculine] (Czech), svækling [common-gender] (Danish), zwakkeling [masculine] (Dutch), malfortulo (Esperanto), rääpäle (Finnish), surkimus (Finnish), gringalet [masculine] (French), Schwächling [masculine] (German), сла́бак (slábak) [masculine] (Macedonian), tīmohea (Maori), rōrā (Maori), belingaz (Northern Kurdish), perîşan (Northern Kurdish), jar (Northern Kurdish), hejar (Northern Kurdish), şepirze (Northern Kurdish), słabeusz [masculine] (Polish), fracote [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), слаба́к (slabák) [masculine] (Russian), दुर्बल (durbala) [masculine] (Sanskrit), enclenque [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), ynkling [common-gender] (Swedish), vekling [common-gender] (Swedish), sillmjölke [common-gender] (Swedish), swbach [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-weakling-en-noun-h7VKI7aa Disambiguation of People: 0 88 12 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ling Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 44 49 8 Disambiguation of 'person of weak constitution': 59 41 Disambiguation of 'person of weak or even sickly physical constitution': 82 18
  2. (figuratively) A person of weak character, lacking in courage and/or moral strength. Tags: figuratively Translations (person of weak character): малодушен човек (malodušen čovek) (Bulgarian), nyicris (Catalan), 懦夫 (nuòfū) (Chinese Mandarin), ketale (Finnish), kutale (Finnish), surkimus (Finnish), poule mouillée [feminine] (French), Schwächling [masculine] (German), Feigling [masculine] (German), Weichei [neuter] (German), femminuccia (Italian), coniglio (Italian), fifone (Italian), codardo (Italian), vigliacco (Italian), pollo (Italian), merlo (Italian), mollusco (Italian), pappamolle (Italian), smidollato (Italian), rammollito (Italian), 弱虫 (yowamushi) (alt: よわむし) (Japanese), Feigling [masculine] (Luxembourgish), сла́бак (slábak) [masculine] (Macedonian), ли́гуш (líguš) [masculine] (Macedonian), belingaz (Northern Kurdish), perîşan (Northern Kurdish), jar (Northern Kurdish), hejar (Northern Kurdish), reben (Northern Kurdish), svekling [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), słabeusz [masculine] (Polish), mięczak [masculine] (Polish), fracote [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), слаба́к (slabák) [masculine] (Russian), хлю́пик (xljúpik) [masculine] (Russian), тря́пка (trjápka) [feminine] (Russian), pusilánime [masculine] (Spanish), ynkling [common-gender] (Swedish), llipryn [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-weakling-en-noun-GfafwI0W Disambiguation of 'person of weak character': 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pushover [person], sissy, weenie, milksop

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "person of weak or even sickly physical constitution",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "gringalet"
        },
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          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person of weak or even sickly physical constitution",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "person of weak or even sickly physical constitution",
          "word": "belingaz"
        },
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          "_dis1": "82 18",
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          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "sense": "person of weak or even sickly physical constitution",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "person of weak or even sickly physical constitution",
          "word": "tīmohea"
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "person of weak or even sickly physical constitution",
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          "sense": "person of weak or even sickly physical constitution",
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          "sense": "person of weak or even sickly physical constitution",
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          "roman": "slabák",
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          "sense": "person of weak or even sickly physical constitution",
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          "sense": "person of weak or even sickly physical constitution",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "enclenque"
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          "sense": "person of weak or even sickly physical constitution",
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          "sense": "person of weak or even sickly physical constitution",
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          "tags": [
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        }
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        "(figuratively) A person of weak character, lacking in courage and/or moral strength."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "malodušen čovek",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "малодушен човек"
        },
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          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "nyicris"
        },
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          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nuòfū",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "懦夫"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "ketale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "kutale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "surkimus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "poule mouillée"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schwächling"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Feigling"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Weichei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "femminuccia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "coniglio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "fifone"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "codardo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "vigliacco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "pollo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "merlo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "mollusco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "pappamolle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "smidollato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "rammollito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "alt": "よわむし",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yowamushi",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "弱虫"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "belingaz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "perîşan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "jar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "hejar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "word": "reben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Feigling"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "slábak",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сла́бак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "líguš",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ли́гуш"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "svekling"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "słabeusz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mięczak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fracote"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "slabák",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "слаба́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xljúpik",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "хлю́пик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "trjápka",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "тря́пка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pusilánime"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ynkling"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "person of weak character",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "llipryn"
        }
      ]
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    },
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "of weak character"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "person"
      ],
      "word": "pushover"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-weakling.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-weakling.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-weakling.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-weakling.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "slab",
      "sense": "weak, either physically, morally or mentally",
      "word": "слаб"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hilav",
      "sense": "weak, either physically, morally or mentally",
      "word": "хилав"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ẖalashlúsh",
      "sense": "weak, either physically, morally or mentally",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "חֲלַשְׁלוּשׁ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "weak, either physically, morally or mentally",
      "word": "belingaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "weak, either physically, morally or mentally",
      "word": "perîşan"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "weak, either physically, morally or mentally",
      "word": "jar"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "weak, either physically, morally or mentally",
      "word": "hejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "weak, either physically, morally or mentally",
      "word": "rōrā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "weak, either physically, morally or mentally",
      "word": "tīmohea"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "weak, either physically, morally or mentally",
      "word": "fracote"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slábyj",
      "sense": "weak, either physically, morally or mentally",
      "word": "сла́бый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xílyj",
      "sense": "weak, either physically, morally or mentally",
      "word": "хи́лый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "weak, either physically, morally or mentally",
      "word": "enclenque"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "weak, either physically, morally or mentally",
      "tags": [
        "Chile",
        "Cuba"
      ],
      "word": "fuñingue"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "weak, either physically, morally or mentally",
      "word": "pusilánime"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "weak, either physically, morally or mentally",
      "word": "vek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weakling"
}

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