weakling

English

Etymology

From weak +‎ -ling.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwiːkˈlɪŋɡ/, /ˈwiːklɪŋɡ/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

weakling (plural weaklings)

A person of weak or even sickly physical constitution
(figuratively) A person of weak character, lacking in courage and/or moral strength.
- c.1551, Hugh Latimer, a sermon in Lincolnshire
  We may not be weaklings because we have a strong enemy.

Synonyms

(person of weak constitution): twerk, twerp
(person of weak character): pushover, sissy, weenie; see also Thesaurus:milksop

Antonyms

strongling

Translations

person of weak or even sickly physical constitution

Alemannic German: Abziehbildle n
Bulgarian: слабак (bg) m (slabak)
Catalan: nyicris
Czech: slaboch m
Danish: svækling (da) c
Dutch: zwakkeling (nl) m
Esperanto: malfortulo
Finnish: rääpäle (fi), surkimus (fi)
French: gringalet (fr) m
German: Schwächling (de) m
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: belingaz (ku), perîşan (ku), jar (ku), hejar (ku), şepirze (ku)
Macedonian: сла́бак m (slábak)
Maori: tīmohea, rōrā
Polish: słabeusz (pl) m
Portuguese: fracote m or f
Russian: слаба́к (ru) m (slabák)
Sanskrit: दुर्बल (sa) m (durbala)
Spanish: enclenque (es) m or f
Swedish: ynkling c, vekling (sv) c, sillmjölke c
Welsh: swbach m

person of weak character

Bulgarian: малодушен човек (malodušen čovek)
Catalan: nyicris
Chinese:
Mandarin: 懦夫 (zh) (nuòfū)
Finnish: ketale, kutale, surkimus (fi)
French: poule mouillée (fr) f
German: Schwächling (de) m, Feigling (de) m, Weichei (de) n
Italian: femminuccia (it), coniglio (it), fifone (it), codardo (it), vigliacco (it), pollo (it), merlo (it), mollusco (it), pappamolle, smidollato (it), rammollito (it)
Japanese: 弱虫 (ja) (よわむし, yowamushi)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: belingaz (ku), perîşan (ku), jar (ku), hejar (ku), reben (ku)
Luxembourgish: Feigling m
Macedonian: сла́бак m (slábak), ли́гуш m (líguš)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: svekling m
Polish: słabeusz (pl) m, mięczak (pl) m
Portuguese: fracote m or f
Russian: слаба́к (ru) m (slabák), хлю́пик (ru) m (xljúpik), тря́пка (ru) f (trjápka)
Spanish: pusilánime (es) m
Swedish: ynkling c
Welsh: llipryn m

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Translations to be checked

Czech: slaboch m
Danish: svækling (da) c
Dutch: zwakkeling (nl) m
French: gringalet (fr) m

Adjective

weakling

weak, either physically, morally or mentally

Translations

weak, either physically, morally or mentally

Bulgarian: слаб (bg) (slab), хилав (bg) (hilav)
Hebrew: חֲלַשְׁלוּשׁ (he) m (ẖalashlúsh)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: belingaz (ku), perîşan (ku), jar (ku), hejar (ku)
Maori: rōrā, tīmohea
Portuguese: fracote
Russian: сла́бый (ru) (slábyj), хи́лый (ru) (xílyj)
Spanish: enclenque (es), fuñingue (es) (Chile, Cuba), pusilánime (es)
Swedish: vek (sv)

References

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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