pantywaist
Feeble, spineless person
Pantywaist is a dismissive term for a weak, timid, or effeminate man—someone lacking courage or toughness: Don't be such a pantywaist.
The word originally referred to a child's undergarment that buttoned at the waist, the association with children's clothing giving rise to the insult.
Old-fashioned but still used.
Timid, feeble person
- milksopFeeble, unassertive person
- sissyPejorative for effeminate male
- weaklingFeeble person
- cowardPerson lacking bravery
pushover · milquetoast · namby-pamby · doormat · softie · cream puff · jellyfish · chicken
Pejorative for effeminate male
- foppishVainly preoccupied with dress
- daintyDelicately small and pretty
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- prissyAffectedly proper and fussy
mincing · swish · dandyish · precious · finicky · fussy · prim · limp-wristed
Belonging to earlier times
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- vintageQuality from past eras
- retroEvoking recent past
quaint · old-timey · bygone · yesteryear · 1930s · outdated · anachronistic · obsolete
wimp
Timid, feeble person
coward · pushover · milquetoast · namby-pamby · doormat · softie · cream puff · jellyfish · chicken · yellow-belly
sissy
Pejorative for effeminate male
- foppishVainly preoccupied with dress
- daintyDelicately small and pretty
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
prissy · mincing · swish · dandyish · precious · finicky · fussy · prim · limp-wristed · namby-pamby
old-fashioned
Belonging to earlier times
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- vintageQuality from past eras
retro · quaint · old-timey · bygone · yesteryear · 1930s · outdated · anachronistic · obsolete
- cowardscoward, chicken, wimp, milquetoast, poltroon
- small frysmall fry, small-fry, pipsqueak, little guy, nobody