 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Milquetoast
noun: a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive [syn:
{sissy}, {pantywaist}, {pansy}, {milksop}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Milquetoast \Milquetoast\ n. [From Caspar Milquetoast, a
character in a cartoon strip by H. T. Webster, The Timid Soul
(1935).]
a timid, unassertive man or boy fearful of confrontation and
easily manipulated and dominated.
Syn: sissy, pantywaist, pansy, milksop.
[WordNet 1.5]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "Milquetoast":
baby, big baby, chicken, chicken liver, coward, crybaby, doormat,
dull tool, fence-sitter, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat, funk, funker,
gutless wonder, invertebrate, jellyfish, lightweight, lily liver,
meek soul, milksop, mollycoddle, mouse, mugwump, namby-pamby,
nebbish, nonentity, pansy, pantywaist, pushover, sad sack,
scaredy-cat, shilly-shally, sissy, softling, softy, sop, waverer,
weak sister, weakling, white feather, white liver, wobbler
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