wimps
Lacking any backbone
Wimps is the plural of wimp—a weak, timid, or ineffectual person.
The word carries contempt: Don't be such wimps.
It often appears in contexts where someone refuses a challenge or complains about discomfort: The wimps quit after the first mile.
To wimp out is to back down from something difficult.
Those lacking courage
- weaklingsPhysically or mentally feeble people
- sissiesCowardly or weak people
- milksopsTimid, weak individuals
- pushoversThose easily persuaded
softies · doormats · lightweights · fraidy-cats · scaredy-cats · weenies · crybabies · pansies
Lacking courage or confidence
- fearfulFull of fright
- spinelessLacking courage or resolve
- gutlessLacking bravery or nerve
- cowardlyWithout bravery or nerve
meek · fainthearted · lily-livered · chickenhearted · yellow-bellied · craven · pusillanimous · unassertive
Withdrawing from a stance
- giving inCeasing to resist
- cavingSport of exploring caverns
- capitulatingCeasing to resist
- retreatingMoving back from advance
cowering · cringing · quailing · flinching · balking · surrendering · yielding · folding
cowards
Those lacking courage
- weaklingsPhysically or mentally feeble people
- sissiesCowardly or weak people
- milksopsTimid, weak individuals
pushovers · softies · doormats · lightweights · fraidy-cats · scaredy-cats · weenies · crybabies · pansies · namby-pambies
timid
Lacking courage or confidence
cowardly · meek · fainthearted · lily-livered · chickenhearted · yellow-bellied · craven · pusillanimous · unassertive · submissive
backing down
Withdrawing from a stance
- giving inCeasing to resist
- cavingSport of exploring caverns
- capitulatingCeasing to resist
retreating · cowering · cringing · quailing · flinching · balking · surrendering · yielding · folding · chickening out
- sycophantssycophant, sycophants, toady, toadies, bootlicker