Milquetoast

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Milquetoast
       n : a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive [syn:
           {sissy}, {pantywaist}, {pansy}, {milksop}]

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