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Meanings of
pantywaist
in inglés
portugués
boiola
catalán
marieta
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A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.
sissy
pansy
milksop
Milquetoast
portugués
boiola
Synonyms
Examples for "
sissy
"
sissy
pansy
milksop
Milquetoast
Examples for "
sissy
"
1
Hold still, you big
sissy
...
Look, Z, let me be honest here.
2
When he says he wants a singe, they call him a
sissy
.
3
Getting a restraining order-hell, that's kind of a
sissy
thing to do.
4
And I would have never stopped being such a
sissy
,
would I?
5
But he's kind of
sissy
for a serial killer, don't you think?
1
Well, they're no
pansy
flowers, but... m'lord has the truth of it.
2
Already the kids think I'm some kind of
pansy
because of you.
3
You're not going to raise him to be a
pansy
,
are you?
4
It is the
pansy
brooch that I gave to old Tom Darcy.
5
She has heard the word
'
pansy
'
,
then, and now understands it.
1
The session with the
milksop
from the Foundation had been quite unrewarding.
2
I am a
milksop
,
as I have had the honour to say.
3
You've gone to all the trouble to kidnap a timid little
milksop
.
4
She disliked her elder nephew exceedingly, and despised him as a
milksop
.
5
I called 'un a
milksop
,
and he hath proved me a liar.
1
They channel neither Evel Knievel nor Caspar
Milquetoast
,
neither lion tamer nor monk.
2
Before long they'll start to disobey us without any
Milquetoast
interfering with their circuits.
3
Dr
Milquetoast
continued to work, even more energetically than before.
4
You've been Caspar
Milquetoast
Two ever since we left Base.
5
There have always been Marvin
Milquetoast
and Walter Mitty kinds of guys out there.
Usage of
pantywaist
in inglés
1
In that world, what-iffing and problematizing are for
pantywaist
preachers and theo-babbling ecumenicists.
2
Safire calling me a
pantywaist
for retracting comment in New Yorker about Nigerians being low-life con artists.
3
But don't think I was one of those
pantywaists
that had it all given to me.
4
"
Pantywaist
,
"
he muttered and turned his gaze from the retreating threat.
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Frequent collocations
pantywaist preachers
Translations for
pantywaist
portugués
boiola
baitola
catalán
marieta
figa-flor
nyicris
Pantywaist
through the time