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pantywaist
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pantywaist has 1 sense
- pantywaist(n = noun.person) milksop, milquetoast, pansy, sissy - a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive; Array is a kind of coward
CIDE DICTIONARY
pantywaist, n.
A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
pantywaist
Lord Fauntleroy, Milquetoast, Percy, baby, big baby, chicken, cream puff, crybaby, doormat, dull tool, effeminate, goody-goody, gutless wonder, invertebrate, jellyfish, lightweight, lily, meek soul, milksop, mollycoddle, namby-pamby, nance, nancy, nebbish, nonentity, old woman, pansy, pushover, sad sack, sissy, softling, softy, sop, weak sister, weakling, wishy-washy
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