wimpiness
Cowardly soft nature
Wimpiness is the quality of being weak, timid, or lacking courage.
The word carries mild contempt—suggesting someone who shrinks from difficulty or discomfort: His wimpiness about cold weather meant we never went skiing.
It can describe physical frailty or, more often, a failure of nerve.
Absence of bravery
- fearfulnessChronic state of dread
- shynessTendency toward social timidity
- spinelessnessLack of courage
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
apprehension · bashfulness · hesitation · trepidation · timorousness · mousiness · diffidence · meekness
Lack of courage
- doormatEntry rug for wiping
- pushoverEasily defeated opponent
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
docility · passivity · acquiescence · servility · meekness · yielding · subservience · obsequiousness
Lack of strength
- frailtyWeakness of body
- puninessExtreme smallness or weakness
- infirmityWeakness from illness or age
- fragilityEase of breaking
delicacy · enervation · debility · ineffectuality · powerlessness · helplessness · softness · flabbiness
cowardice
Absence of bravery
- fearfulnessChronic state of dread
- shynessTendency toward social timidity
- spinelessnessLack of courage
nervousness · apprehension · bashfulness · hesitation · trepidation · timorousness · mousiness · diffidence · meekness · faintheartedness
spinelessness
Lack of courage
- doormatEntry rug for wiping
- pushoverEasily defeated opponent
- complianceAdhering to requirements
deference · docility · passivity · acquiescence · servility · meekness · yielding · subservience · obsequiousness · capitulation
feebleness
Lack of strength
fragility · delicacy · enervation · debility · ineffectuality · powerlessness · helplessness · softness · flabbiness · flimsiness
wimpinessbravery
Boldness before danger
courage · courageousness · fearlessness · valor · intrepidity
wimpinesstoughness
Resilient durability under strain
hardiness · ruggedness · resilience · robustness · sturdiness
wimpinessassertiveness
Confident self-expression quality
forcefulness · dominance · aggressiveness · backbone · moxie