Weakling

Word WEAKLING
Character 8
Hyphenation weak ling
Pronunciations /ˈwijklɨŋɡ/

Definitions and meanings of "Weakling"

What do we mean by weakling?

One of weak constitution or character. noun

A feeble creature. noun

Feeble; weak.

Weak; feeble. adjective

A weak or feeble creature. noun

Weak, either physically, morally or mentally adjective

A person of weak or even sickly physical constitution noun

A person of weak character, lacking in courage and/or moral strength. noun

A person who is physically weak and ineffectual noun

A person of weak or even sickly physical constitution

A person of weak character, lacking in courage and/or moral strength.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Weakling

The word "weakling" in example sentences

To call a weakling strong, a fool wise, a short man tall, a black man white, a sinner holy,—is, believe me, not praise but contumely. ❋ Robert Brentano (1964)

He had never been called a weakling before -- he had never thought to be called a weakling, but the strangeness of that was less strange than something in her eyes, her voice, her spirit, which seemed drawing him on. ❋ Susan Glaspell (1915)

Though I am not, and never have been, save in the parole starvation time, what one would call a weakling, my first trip to town with eighty-five pounds of ore on my back nearly killed me. ❋ Francis Lynde (1893)

Sr W. -- Most gracious maisty, 'twas I that did it, but indeed it was so poor and frail a note, compared with such as I am wont to furnish, yt in sooth I was ashamed to call the weakling mine in so august a presence. ❋ Mark Twain (1872)

What kind of weakling needs government approval to do the right thing? ❋ Steven Barnes (2009)

Augustus: You state that Obama is a 'weakling' because he did not tell "... muslims to respect other religions" on his first trip to a muslim land. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I've hammered on the Southeast Division quite a bit in recent years, but those teams' play this season has brought new meaning to definition of 'weakling'. ❋ James Mirtle (2008)

It had returned him to his former 'weakling' self, for a time. ❋ Rossi, Michael (1991)

I've been using the Rake/Ant stuff for a few weeks now, first for my "weakling" RubyGem which adds a queue-supporting WeakRef to JRuby, and now for cleaning up Duby's build process. ❋ Charles Oliver Nutter (2010)

I've been a "weakling", and I've been a man, doing a man's work and providing for myself and my family. ❋ Clay (2010)

To these early movement conservatives, having "moral clarity" meant that you weren't the kind of weakling who would be deceived into negotiation with the Commies, or consent to arms control, or duped into merely containing their relentless march across the globe. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Our enemies sense a "weakling" and our friends see one. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That's the traditional woman -- who we are told, on great feminist authority -- was always a "weakling" before feminist ideologues came along to rescue her. ❋ Unknown (2008)

(1844-1900), who became the prophet of decadence, scorning the 'weakling's doctrines of optimism,' and in his diagnoses of the times undermining the pillars of modernism, including faith in progress, to allow the strong individual to stand with his radical value system above the plebeian masses. ❋ Unknown (2010)

-- especially after what we've endured for the last 8 years. to call him a "weakling," when we've had G W Bush, an intellectual weakling at the helm, is ludicrous. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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