And vvho doth lead them but a paltrey fellovv,? / Long kept in Brittaine at our mothers coſt, / A milkeſopt, one that neuer in his life / Felt ſo much colde as ouer ſhooes in ſnovv: […]
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Milksop
//ˈmɪlkˌsɒp//
Synonyms for "milksop" (95 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (47)
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4 entriesderived from
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5 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- мамино синче noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
Czech
1 entries- bačkora noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
Dutch
4 entries- bangerik noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
- doetje noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
- kluns noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
- schuimpje noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
Esperanto
4 entries- eŭnuko noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
- feblulo noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
- invertito noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
- kovardo noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
Finnish
4 entries- arkajalka noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
- pullamössö noun (piece of bread in milk)
- pullamössö noun (dish consisting of bread pieces sprinkled with sugar and covered with milk)
- vätys noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
French
4 entries- couard noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
- mauviette noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
- poltron noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
- trouillard noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
Hungarian
1 entries- anyámasszony katonája noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
Italian
4 entries- cacasotto noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
- checca noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
- codardo noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
- coniglio noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
Macedonian
1 entries- лигуш noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Laups noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
- Schietstremp noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
Russian
3 entries- мо́края ку́рица noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
- тря́пка noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
- хлю́пик noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
Spanish
2 entries- baldragas noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
- mariquita noun (easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
“That milksop of a creature pretend to be worthy of such a woman as Mrs. Pendennis,” broke out the Doctor: “where will impudence stop next!”
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