A strong veteran, having trained for tens of years, can fall to a weakling in a moment of laxness. That's what the martial arts world is.
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Weakling
//ˈwiːkˈlɪŋɡ//
Synonyms for "weakling" (75 found)
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Related words (37)
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5 entriesTranslations
85 translations across 25 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- слаб adj (weak, either physically, morally or mentally)
- хилав adj (weak, either physically, morally or mentally)
- малодушен човек noun (person of weak character)
- слабак noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
Catalan
2 entries- nyicris noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
- nyicris noun (person of weak character)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 懦夫 noun (person of weak character)
Czech
1 entries- slaboch noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
Danish
1 entries- svækling noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
Dutch
1 entries- zwakkeling noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
Esperanto
1 entries- malfortulo noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
Finnish
4 entries- ketale noun (person of weak character)
- kutale noun (person of weak character)
- rääpäle noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
- surkimus noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
French
3 entries- chiffe molle noun (person of weak character)
- gringalet noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
- poule mouillée noun (person of weak character)
German
4 entries- Abziehbildle noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
- Feigling noun (person of weak character)
- Schwächling noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
- Schwächling noun (person of weak character)
Hebrew
1 entries- חֲלַשְׁלוּשׁ adj (weak, either physically, morally or mentally)
Italian
4 entries- codardo noun (person of weak character)
- coniglio noun (person of weak character)
- femminuccia noun (person of weak character)
- fifone noun (person of weak character)
Japanese
1 entries- 弱虫 noun (person of weak character)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Feigling noun (person of weak character)
Macedonian
3 entries- ли́гуш noun (person of weak character)
- сла́бак noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
- сла́бак noun (person of weak character)
Māori
4 entries- rōrā adj (weak, either physically, morally or mentally)
- tīmohea adj (weak, either physically, morally or mentally)
- rōrā noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
- tīmohea noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- belingaz adj (weak, either physically, morally or mentally)
- hejar adj (weak, either physically, morally or mentally)
- jar adj (weak, either physically, morally or mentally)
- perîşan adj (weak, either physically, morally or mentally)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- svekling noun (person of weak character)
Polish
3 entries- mięczak noun (person of weak character)
- słabeusz noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
- słabeusz noun (person of weak character)
Portuguese
3 entries- fracote adj (weak, either physically, morally or mentally)
- fracote noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
- fracote noun (person of weak character)
Russian
4 entries- сла́бый adj (weak, either physically, morally or mentally)
- хи́лый adj (weak, either physically, morally or mentally)
- слаба́к noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
- слаба́к noun (person of weak character)
Sanskrit
1 entries- दुर्बल noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
Spanish
4 entries- enclenque adj (weak, either physically, morally or mentally)
- fuñingue adj (weak, either physically, morally or mentally)
- pusilánime adj (weak, either physically, morally or mentally)
- enclenque noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
Swedish
4 entries- vek adj (weak, either physically, morally or mentally)
- sillmjölke noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
- vekling noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
- ynkling noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
Welsh
2 entries- llipryn noun (person of weak character)
- swbach noun (person of weak or even sickly physical constitution)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Tom is a weakling.
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I'm a weakling.
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What a weakling!
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