Calling someone a pansy nowadays is offensive — it is was an insult from the 50s for homosexual men.
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Pansy
//ˈpæn.zi//
Synonyms for "pansy" (127 found)
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3 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesdbpedia genus
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14 entriesTranslations
81 translations across 30 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- трицве́тна темену́га noun (plant)
Catalan
2 entries- pensament noun (plant)
- pensamentera noun (plant)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 三色堇 noun (plant)
Czech
1 entries- maceška noun (plant)
Dutch
3 entries- reuzenviool noun (plant)
- schijtlijster noun (informal: coward or weak person)
- viooltje noun (plant)
Finnish
3 entries- orvokinsininen noun (colour)
- orvokki noun (plant)
- tarhaorvokki noun (plant)
French
4 entries- fiotte noun (informal: coward or weak person)
- indigo noun (colour)
- mauve noun (colour)
- pensée noun (plant)
Galician
1 entries- pensamento noun (plant)
Georgian
1 entries- იაჟუჟუნა noun (plant)
German
1 entries- Stiefmütterchen noun (plant)
Greek
1 entries- πανσές noun (plant)
Hebrew
1 entries- אַמְנוֹן וְתָמָר noun (plant)
Hindi
2 entries- बनफ्शई adj (colour)
- बनफशा noun (plant)
Hungarian
1 entries- árvácska noun (plant)
Irish
1 entries- goirmín noun (plant)
Italian
4 entries- cacasotto noun (informal: coward or weak person)
- checca noun (informal: coward or weak person)
- codardo noun (informal: coward or weak person)
- coniglio noun (informal: coward or weak person)
Japanese
2 entries- パンジー noun (plant)
- 三色菫 noun (plant)
Korean
1 entries- 팬지 noun (plant)
Norman
2 entries- des faches dé cat noun (plant)
- pensée noun (plant)
Persian
1 entries- بنفشه سهرنگ noun (plant)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Steefmurrakje noun (plant)
Polish
2 entries- baba noun (informal: coward or weak person)
- bratek noun (plant)
Portuguese
1 entries- amor-perfeito noun (plant)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਪੈਂਜ਼ੀ noun (plant)
Romanian
2 entries- pansea noun (plant)
- panseluță noun (plant)
Russian
4 entries- фиоле́товый adj (colour)
- аню́тины гла́зки noun (plant)
- слабак noun (informal: coward or weak person)
- фиоле́товый noun (colour)
Spanish
4 entries- fifirifi adj (Translations)
- fifí adj (Translations)
- fifirifi noun (informal: coward or weak person)
- fifí noun (informal: coward or weak person)
Swedish
1 entries- pensé noun (plant)
Turkish
2 entries- alacamenekşe noun (plant)
- hercai menekşe noun (plant)
Welsh
2 entries- fioled drilliw noun (plant)
- trilliw noun (plant)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Tom called John a "pansy" and got a punch in the face -- now his nose looks like a crushed carnation.
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This is a pansy.
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This orchid mimics the shape and colors of a pansy flower to attract pollinators that normally go to a pansy.
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