- a variation of wimpy.
wimpish
Example Sentences
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My favorite antihero is Teodoro, the wimpish clerk who becomes suddenly rich beyond the dreams of avarice in Eça de Queirós’s novella “The Mandarin.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2021
In fact, I was rather wimpish, burst into tears and rushed out of his office.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 10, 2017
“She has identified a number of causes that are not traditionally Conservative, that in the Thatcher days would have been seen as ‘wet’ and wimpish.
From Time ● Oct. 5, 2016
It's tempting to trace the evolution back to the mid-70s, when Woody Allen patented a new movie hero model: the wimpish intellectual who gets the girl.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 16, 2010
Wooing those who, by rights, should already be under your thumb looks wimpish.
From Time Magazine Archive
