Reverse Dictionary: WEAK

ADJECTIVES
► ABATED IN THE VITALS grown weak → 1866 Eng. dial.
► ABBLE weakly → 1880 Sc.
► ACRAZED weakened, enfeebled, diseased in body, affected with illness, indisposed; impaired → 1521 obs.
► ADYNAMOUS weak, impowerful → 1656 obs.
► AFAINT in a weakened or enfeebled state; tired, fatigued; weak and dizzy; close to losing consciousness; faint → 1834
► AFFEEBLED weakened, enfeebled → 1577-87 obs.
► ALL-GONE fatigued, weak, somewhat ill, lifeless, without energy → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BABBISH weak, helpless, faint → .1876 Eng. dial.
► BADOUS weakly, good-for-nothing → 1908 Sc.
► BALL-LESS lacking courage or nerve; gutless, cowardly; weak, emasculated → 1958 US sl.
► BAUCH weak, tired out, exhausted → 1819 Sc.
► BAUGH weak, poor, pitiless; without stamina; indifferent → a1560 Sc.
► BITCH-ASS weak, timid, or cowardly → 2001 African-American sl.
► BONELESS lacking backbone or willpower; weak in character → 1882
► BOSS weak, ignorant → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BRASHY indisposed; susceptible to illness; sickly, in poor health; weak; of delicate constitution; subject to frequent ailments → 1895 Sc. & Amer. dial.
► BRICKLE frail, weak → c1460 obs.
► CAFFLING puny, weak, delicate; nervous, timid → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAILING ailing, weakly → 1888 Eng. dial.
► CANDY-ASS very weak or timid → 2009 African-American sl.
► CHICKEN-POO-POO weak → 1940s sl., orig. US
► CHICKENSHIT weak → 1940s sl., orig. US
► CHINLESS said of someone of weak character; incompetent, ineffectual → 1881 sl., orig. US
► CHUMP-ASS weak, timid, or cowardly → 1993 African-American sl.
► CRANK infirm, weak, shaky in health → 1802
► CRANKLE weak; shattered → 1847 Eng. dial.
► CRAWLY-MAWLY in a weak and ailing state; poorly, sickly; indifferently well → 1677 Eng. dial.
► CRAZY indisposed, ailing; diseased, sickly, weakly; frail, infirm → 1576 obs.
► DADDOCKY inferior, weak; tasteless → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DAMP weak, ineffectual → Brit. sl.
► DANSY ► DAUNCEY ► DAUNCY ► DONCY ► DONSEY frail, weak → 1872 Amer. dial. & Irish
► DAWNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly; weakly; delicate, in poor health  → 1900 Irish usage (Bk.)
► DEBILE weak, feeble, suffering from debility → 1536 obs.
► DEPRAVED weakly, ill → 19C Eng. dial.
► DICKY weakly or in ill health → 1893 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DONNY weak, in poor health → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► DOWN ON THE LIFT too weak to stand unaided; sick, ill, ailing, or exhausted → 1952 Amer. dial.
► DRIPPY weak; ineffective; undesirable → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► DROOPY unpleasant, dull, weak → 1930s sl.
► EFFEMINATE physically weak, delicate → 1652 obs.
► EGG-SHELL very weak or brittle → 1834
► FAGGOT weak, ineffectual → 1960s sl.
► FAGGOT-ASS weak, cowardly, contemptible → 2003 African-American sl.
► FAIL frail, in a weak state of health, wanting in physical power → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► FAINT of persons or animals: weak, feeble; sickly, out of condition → c1350 obs.
► FAINTED become weak or exhausted → c1500 obs.
► FAINTIFIED weak, faint → 1933 Amer. dial.
► FAINTISH weak, faint → 1965 Amer. dial.
► FAINTY physically weak, faint → 1696
► FAINTY-SICK physically weak, faint → 1926 Amer. dial.
► FANTIT weakly, starved → 1898 Sc.
► FAUCHINLESS ► FAUCONLESS weak, without strength or energy → 1866 Sc.
► FECKLESS destitute of vigour, energy, or capacity; weak, helpless, useless → 1869
► FEEBLOSE rather feeble; weakly → 1882
► FEERIE looking weakly; in a bad state of health → 1825 Sc.
► FEMMER weak, frail., slender, slightly made → 1870 Eng. dial.
► FLIMSY weak → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► FUNNY weak, out of control → 20C sl.
► HALISH pale, sickly in appearance; weak; ailing → 1895 Eng. dial.
► HALULU annoyed, upset; weak from fear → 1967 Hawaii
► IMPUISSANT weak, feeble, impotent, powerless → 1629
► KIDLING physically weak, ailing → 19C Eng. dial.
► LANGUIFIC that makes weak or faint → 1727 obs.
► LANGUIFICAL that makes weak or faint → 1656 obs.
► LANTING weakly, incapable → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LEW weak; also, of a leaden or pale colour; pale, wan → c1325 Eng. dial.
► LIGHT weak → 1960s sl.
► LIGHT-TIMBERED of a person: weak → L17 sl.
► LIMBER AS A DISHRAG limp, weak, exhausted → 1909 Amer. dial.
► LIMBER AS A GREASY RAG limp, weak, exhausted → 1866 Amer. dial.
► LIMBER AS A RAG limp, weak, exhausted → 1818 Amer. dial.
► LIMBER SICK weak, unable to stand or walk because of illness → 1929 Amer. dial.
► LIMP-WRIST weak; effeminate; homosexual → 1950s sl.,  orig. US
► LIMP-WRISTED of men: effeminate; soft; weak; homosexual; usually derisive → 1957 US sl.
► LIMSY weak, flexible → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► LOW lacking bodily strength or vigour; poorly nourished, weak, fragile → a1398
► MAFFLING weak, feeble, infirm → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAICHERAND weak, feeble, incapable of exertion → 1808 Sc.
► MARCID weak, feeble, exhausted → 1656 obs.
► MARCIDIOUS rotten, decayed, withered; feeble, weak, exhausted → 1656 obs.
► MAUGER lean, thin, peaked, sickly, weak in appearance → 1890 Amer. dial.
► MILK-AND-WATER weak, devoid of energy → 1783 Amer.
► MIMMOCKING dainty in appetite; puny, sickly, weakly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLLYSLOP nonsensical, weak with overtones of effeminacy → L19 sl.
► NAMBY-PAMBY of persons: inclined to weak sentimentality, affected daintiness, or childish simplicity; of a weak or trifling character; effeminate; overnice → 1774
► NESH tender, delicate, weak; unable to endure fatigue or exposure; susceptible to cold → c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► NIDDERING weak, cowardly, base → 1848
► ON THE LIFT too weak to stand unaided; sick, ill, ailing, or exhausted → 1888 Amer. dial.
► OOZY nauseated, weak, dizzy → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PACHETTY weak, ailing, in bad health → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PAIPSEY insipid, weak → 20C W. Indies sl.
► PALLED enfeebled, weakened, impaired → c1386 obs.
► PANTYWAIST weak, effeminate → 1930s sl.
► PAP of persons or objects: weak, feeble → 1910s S. Afr. sl.
► PAPER-BACKED physically weak → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► PAPPY of persons or objects: weak, feeble → 1910s S. Afr. sl.
► PEAKISH weak, ill → 1903 Eng. dial.   (Bk.)
► PINDLING puny, sickly, ailing, delicate, weak, frail → 1862 Amer. dial.
► PINDLY puny, sickly, ailing, delicate, weak, frail → 1959 Amer. dial.
► POOPY foolish, dull-witted; ineffectual, pathetic, weak → 1957 colloq., chiefly US
► PUNIED UP sickly, weak, under the weather → 1989 Amer. dial.
► PUNK-ASS weak, timid, or cowardly → 2002 African-American sl.
► PUSILL small, insignificant, petty, mean, weak → 1599 obs.
► PUSILLANIME lacking in courage and strength of mind; of weak spirit; faint-hearted, cowardly, mean-spirited → 1570 obs.
► PUSILLANIMOUS lacking in courage and strength of mind; of weak spirit; faint-hearted, cowardly, mean-spirited → 1586
► PUSSY weak, cowardly → 1842 colloq.
► PUSSY-ASS cowardly, weak → 1970s US sl.
► PUSSYFOOT cowardly, weak → 1910s
► QUEACHY feeble, sickly, weak, small → 1859 Eng. dial. 
► QUEETERING weak, trifling → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► RALPH weak, silly, foolish → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAMSHACKLE in a state of ill health, weak → 1889
► RICKETY weak, ill-nourished; lame, suffering from rickets → 1896 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RUSHY weak, insubstantial; also, imprecisely defined → 1579 obs.
► SACKLESS weak in mind or body; feeble, helpless; wanting in energy → 1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SAUFFLING foolish, weak → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAUGHEN weak, wanting in energy → 1875 Sc.
► SAUGHY weak, wanting in energy → 1818 Sc.
► SAWNEY foolish, stupid, weak; foolishly sentimental → 1894 Eng. dial.
► SCHAMLICH shambling, weak-limbed, puny → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SICK mentally affected or weak → c1340
► SILLY of persons or animals: weak, feeble, frail → 1567 obs.
► SINEWLESS lacking vigour; feeble, weak, powerless → 1644
► SLACK-TWISTED of a loose, unsatisfactory character; lazy, inactive; lethargic, wanting in energy; mentally weak, shiftless → 1802
► SLIM in bad health; weak → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SMALLY of a person or animal: small and slight; puny, weakly → 1764 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SOFT-COCK weak; insipid → 1981 Aust. sl.
► SWAK weak, feeble → 20C S. Afr. sl.
► TARLOCH weak, peevish, grumbling → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► TEARY weak, frail, delicate; faint → 1825 Eng. dial.
► TEMPERY ► TEMPORY slight, insecure, weak, frail → 1877 Eng. dial.
► TEMPORARY slight, insecure, weak, frail → 1877 Eng. dial.
► TEULY ► TEWLY ► TOOLY ► TULY weak, sickly, delicate; poorly, unwell → 1691 Eng. dial.
► TEUNY weak, sickly, undersized → 1887 Eng. dial.
► TEW tender, sickly, small, weak → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THOWLESS wanting in energy, inactive, weak, spiritless, lazy; useless; insipid → 1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► TIDDY delicate, puny, weakly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TWANGLING small, weak; having small legs → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► UMBERSORROW weakly, delicate → 1825 Sc. obs.
► UNDERF irresolute, weak → a1225 obs.
► UNDERLING not fully developed; inferior, weak → 1750 Eng. dial.
► UNFEARY feeble, infirm, weak, unfit for action → 1838 Sc.
► VALETUDINAIRE not in robust or vigorous health; more or less weakly, infirm or delicate; invalid → 1682
► VALETUDINARIAN not in robust or vigorous health; more or less weakly, infirm or delicate; invalid → 1713
► VALETUDINARY not in robust or vigorous health; more or less weakly, infirm or delicate; invalid → 1581
► VALETUDINOUS invalid, weakly; not in robust health → 1655 obs.
► WAFF of persons: feeble in body or mind, weak, exhausted, spiritless, stupid, ineffective → 1796 Sc.
► WAFFLE inert, limp, feeble, weak, sluggish → 1847 Sc.
► WAFF-LIKE of persons: feeble in body or mind, weak, exhausted, spiritless, stupid, ineffective → 1822 Sc.
► WAFFLING hesitating, undecided, vacillating; weak → 1874 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WAFFLY dizzy and weak from illness → 1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WAIF paltry, weak, inferior; worn-out → 1791 Sc. obs.
► WAIK weak → 1843 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WAIRSH weak, delicate, wanting in stamina; faint, as from want of food; sickly-looking → 1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WALY-DRAIGLING weak and worthless; dirty → 1856 Sc.
► WAMBLY tottery, weak, feeble → 1973 Sc. 
► WAMFLE limp, flaccid, flexible, pliant, weak, useless → 1866 Sc. 
► WAMMICKY ► WAMMOCKY feeble, shaky, weak; fatigued → 1887 Eng. dial.
► WANKLE unsteady, insecure; changeable, unsettled, precarious; inconstant, wavering; also, weak in health, delicate, sickly → c888 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► WANKLY weak, feeble, frail, delicate, shaky from weakness → 1795 chiefly Eng. dial.
► WEAK AS A MUSKRAT very weak → 1954 Amer. dial.
► WEAK AS A WET WHISTLE very weak or ineffectual → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► WEAK AS A WOOLLY MITTEN, AS weak, as from illness (woolly mitten = kitten) → Brit. sl.
► WEAK AS BRANCH WATER very weak, as coffee, etc. → 1966 Amer. dial.
► WEAK-WRISTED weak; effeminate; homosexual → 1950s sl.,  orig. US
► WIMPISH weak, ineffectual → 1925 US sl.
► WISHY-WASHY weak; uncertain → 1703 UK sl.
► WRISTY weak; effeminate; homosexual → 1950s sl.,  orig. US
► WUSSY cowardly, weak, effeminate, timid, passive → 1970s sl.

ADVERBS
► LIMBERLY exhaustedly, weakly → 1909 Amer. dial.
► THIEVELESSLY feebly, weakly, aimlessly, without force or energy → 1890 Sc.

NOUNS
► ASTHENOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of weakness → 1991 (Bk.)
► BLACK SPELL a sudden feeling of weakness, when sometimes the person loses consciousness → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BONELESSNESS weakness of character or will → 1885
► BUTTERMILK  something weak, insipid, or sour → 1630
► DEBILITIES an instance of weakness → a1533 obs.
► DEBILITUDE debility, weakness → 1669 obs.
► DEFAILING weakening, decline in health → 1580 obs.
► EFFEEBLISHMENT weakening → 1540 obs.
► FAINT-OUT a feeling of weakness or faintness → 1965 Amer. dial.
► FEEBLE weakness, feebleness → c1325 obs.
► FEEBLISHING  a weakening, decline in health → 1580 obs.
► GONENESS a sinking feeling; weakness, faintness, exhaustion; great depression → 1848 Amer. dial.
► KRYPTONITE in the fictional world of the comic book hero Superman: a substance that renders Superman weak and powerless; hence in figurative or allusive use: something that can weaken or damage a particular person or thing; an Achilles heel → 1943
► LABEFACTATION a shaking, weakening; overthrow, downfall → 1775
► LABEFACTION a shaking, weakening; overthrow, downfall → 1620
► LAST RUN OF SHAD, THE someone or something weakened by time or ill health; someone or something weak, inferior, or undesirable → 1876 Amer. dial.
► LAST RUN OF SMELT, THE someone or something weakened by time or ill health; someone or something weak, inferior, or undesirable → 1946 Amer. dial.
► MESS a term of contempt for anything small, weak, or insignificant → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOLLITUDE softness, tenderness, weakness, effeminacy → 1656 obs.
► NESHNESS softness, weakness → c897
► PUSILLITY smallness, meanness, weakness → a1620 obs.
► RUSH-CANDLE something weak, feeble, or insignificant → 1628
► RUSHLIGHT something considered to be similar to the weak light of a burning rush; something weak, feeble, or insignificant → 1635
► SINKING SPELL an episode of weakness, shortness of breath, palpitations, or the like; a spell of difficult breathing; indisposition → 1874 Amer. dial.
► SMALLNESS weakness; lack of vigour or strength → c1425
► TAINT to affect with weakness; to cause to lose vigour or courage → 1600 obs.
► TARLOCH any creature or thing small, weak, and worthless of its kind → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► WAIKNESS weakness → 1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WAPSY debilitation, weakness; a venereal disease → 1944 Amer. dial.
► WUSSINESS weakness; ineffectuality → 1980s Amer. sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ACAMY ► AKAMY a weak or infirm person or animal; a weakling; also, a term of abuse → 1908 Sc.
► ACORN CALF a poor specimen, a runt, a weakling (refers to humans as well as cattle and other animals)  → 1929 Amer. dial.
► ADDLE-CAP a weak, silly person → 1877 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ADDLE-HEAD one whose head is addled; a stupid bungler; an easy dupe; a dullard; a weak, silly person → 1592
► ADDLE-PATE a stupid bungler; a dullard; a weak, silly person; a foolish person; an easy dupe → 1601 
► ALIE a weakly person  → 1908 Sc.
► AMITAN a weak, foolish person → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► ANGELINA a weakling, an effeminate person, esp. a homosexual → 1940s sl.
► BARBER’S CAT a weak, sickly, malnourished person; a skinny man → 1864 sl.
► BEAN-SWAUP a thin, weakly person → 1822 Sc.
► BIG GIRL’S BLOUSE a weak, cowardly, timid, or oversensitive man; an ineffectual person; an effeminate male → 1969 UK sl.
► BIG HEN’S BIDDY a coward; a weakling → 1935 African-American sl.
► BISCUIT a weakling; a coward → 1998 euphemism for ‘bitch’
► BITCH a weak or subservient man; hence, a term of address → 1749 UK sl., derogatory
► BITCH-ASS NIGGA a weak, effeminate, or soft male who can  be easily victimized → 1995 African-American teen sl.
► BLAD a person who is of weak, a soft constitution, whose strength is not in proportion to his size or looks; often applied to a young person, who has become suddenly tall, but is of a relaxed habit → 1808 Sc.
► BROKEN REED a weak or unreliable person → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BUTTERFLY an effeminate weakling → L19 sl.
► BUTTERFLY ON A WHEEL a weak or vulnerable person destroyed by, or at the mercy of, significantly more powerful people, institutions, or processes → 1734
► CABBAGE a person of weak intellect, from intellectual neglect → 1969
► CAKE a weak person → 1980s US students’ sl.
► CALF an ignoramus; a dolt; a weakling → 1553 sl.
► CANARY KID a weakling; a coward → 1940s US criminals’ sl.
► CANDY ANKLE a weak or effeminate man → 1938 Amer. dial.
► CANDY a weakling → 1960s US teen sl.
► CANDY ASS a timid person; a weakling → 1960s US sl.
► CASPAR ► CASPAR MILQUETOAST ► CASPER MILKTOAST ► CASPER MILQUETOAST a cowardly, weak person → 1930s sl.
► CREAM PUFF a weak or ineffectual person → 1920
► DATE a foolish, silly, stupid, or weak person → 1914 UK sl.
► DOORMAT a weak-willed person who is abused by others → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► DUB a weakling → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DUNISHEEN a small, weakly child → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► FACE OF STRAW, A a man of no standing or substance; a weak or cowardly person → 19C 
► FAGGOT an effeminate, weak, or cowardly fellow; generally used contemptuously → 1914 Amer. sl.
► FAIZART ► FAZARD a puny, effeminate man; a weakling, a coward; an impudent fellow; a shameless person → 1721 Sc.
► FAUCHLE a slow, inept worker; a bungler; a small, weak person unable to do his own turn and yet trying to do it → 1866 Sc.
► FEEBLE a feeble person; a weak, frail, or ineffectual person → 1340 obs.
► FEEBLING a feeble person; a weakling → L19
► FEIST a weak person → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► FOUR-F a weakling → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► FUNKER one who is a coward, a weakling, or a shirker → 1826 sl.
► FUNKSTICK one who is a coward, a weakling, or a shirker  → 1889 sl., orig. hunting usage
► GAUVISON an oafish, weak, silly fellow → 1788 Eng. dial.
► GEWGAW a simpleton; a person of weak intellect; a showy, worthless person → 1634
► GIMP a stupid, foolish, unpleasant, obnoxious, or contemptible person; a simpleton; an incompetent or weak person → 1924 sl., orig. US, derogatory
► GIRLIE-MAN a weak or effeminate man; a sissy, a wimp → 1940 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
► GIRL’S BLOUSE a weakling; an ineffectual person; an effeminate male  → 1969 UK sl.
► GIRLY-MON an effeminate, unassertive, or weak man → 1994 teen & high school sl.  (Bk.)
► GOOEY a man of weak character → 20C sl. 
► GRANDMA a weak, timid, or cowardly man → 1940 Amer. dial., derogatory
► GRANDMOTHER a weak, timid, or cowardly man → 1940 Amer. dial., derogatory
► GUSSIE a man; later, (derogatory) a weak, cowardly, or effeminate man → 1895 chiefly US & Aust., usually offensive
► JELLYFISH a person of ‘flabby’ character or deficient in energy, steadfastness, or ‘backbone”; a person of weak character → 1883
► LAD OF WAX a boy; a weak or unimportant man → L18 sl.
► LADYFINGER a weak or effeminate fellow; a cowardly man → 1942 US sl.
► LAMB one who is meek, gentle, innocent, or weak as a lamb → c1000
► LAME DUCK a lame or incapacitated person, or one who is old, weak, or ineffective; an invalid; hence, someone or something of no use or value; an inefficient person → 1814 sl.
► LIMP WRIST a weakling; a social ‘liberal’ → 1990s sl., orig. US
► MARSHMALLOW a soft, weak person or thing → 1950s US sl. (Bk.)
► MEACOCK  a silly effeminate fellow; a spiritless or timorous fellow; a coward, a weakling; a henpecked husband → 1526
► MILKTOAST a weak and meek man → 1989 (Bk.)
► MILLIE a weak or weak-willed fellow; a sissy → 1986 Amer. sl.
► MILQUETOAST a meek, easily intimidated person; a very timid or cowardly, weak person → 1938 Amer. dial.
► MOFFRY a weak, effeminate man → 1996 W. Indies
► MOLL a soft or weak person; an effeminate man → a1425
► MOLLYCODDLE a person, usually male, who is mollycoddled; a pampered, overprotected weakling; an effeminate man or boy; a milksop; a man who does a woman’s work → 1833 colloq.
► MOLLYPUFF a weakling; also, a term of contempt → E17 sl.
► MONKEY-MAN a man likened to or supposed to resemble a monkey in some respect; a weak or gullible man, esp. one subservient to his wife or lover, or to women generally → 1840 African-American sl., chiefly derogatory
► MOTHER’S BOY a boy or man who is excessively influenced by, or attached to, his mother; a sissy; a man who is effeminate, weak of character, lacking in courage or conviction; also, a boy or man who resembles his mother → 1862
► MOUSE an extremely shy or introverted person; a weakling; a coward → 1839
► MR. MILQUETOAST a cowardly, weak person → 1930s sl.
► MUDDING-FACE a fool; a weakling → L19 sl.
► MULLIPUFF ► MULLYPUFF a weakling; also, a term of contempt → 1629 obs.
► NAF a fool, a weakling, an ineffectual person → 1978 S. Afr. sl.
► NAITRAL a person of weak intellect; a silly person; a simpleton → 1838 Sc.
► NAMBY-PAMBY an effeminate and weak male → 18C
► NARROWBACK a man too weak to engage in hard labour → 1930 US sl.
► NAUMPEY a weak, foolish-minded person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NESTLE-DRAFF ► NESTLE-DRAFT ► NESTLE-DRAUGHT a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child → 1777 Eng. dial.
► NESTLE-RIPE a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child → 1777 Eng. dial.
► NESTLE-TRIPE the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child; the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter → 1616 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► NINNY-GUT a weakling → 1935 US sl.
► NINNY-NONNY a silly, weak, or foolish person → 1876 Eng. dial.
► NODDY a weakling → 2002 sl.
► NO NECK a weakling, a coward; an idiot → 1989 sl.
► NOSEBLEED an idiot, esp. a weakling → 1954 sl.
► NOSE OF WAX a person easily influenced, or of a weak character → 1821
► NYAMPS ► NYAMS a weakling, a useless idiot → 1966  W. Indies sl.
► OLD LADY of a man: a weakling, a sentimentalist → 1938 sl.
► ONDOCHT a poor, weakly, emaciated person or animal; a good-for-nothing → a1838 Sc.
► PAEWAE a peevish weakling; a querulous, affected person, esp. a woman → 1927 Sc.
► PALIE a lethargic, slow-moving, sluggish person; a feeble weakling → 1825 Sc. 
► PANSY a weakling; an effeminate male → E20 US sl.
► PANTYWAIST a timid, weak, or effeminate man or boy → 1936 sl., orig. US
► PAPBROEK a coward, a weakling → 1930s S. Afr. sl.
► PAPIYOT a weakling; a frail person; a useless opponent in a game → 20C W. Indies sl.
► PERCY a weak or effeminate man; a conscientious objector → 1916 sl., derogatory
► PRAWN a weak, foolish person → 1845 sl.
► PUFF a weak or cowardly person → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUNK a weak person; a useless jerk, usually a male; a worthless man → M19 US sl.
► PUSILL a small or weak person; a child → 1884 obs.
► PUSILLING a small, weak, or insignificant person → 1891 obs.
► PUSS a sweet or effeminate man; a weakling, a coward → 1942 chiefly US
► PUSS-GENTLEMAN a weak man → 1960s African-American sl.
► PUSSY a sweet or effeminate male; later; a weakling, a coward, a sissy; also, a homosexual man → 1904 sl., chiefly US
► PUSSYCAT a weak, harmless male; a timid person → sl.
► PUSSYFOOT a coward, a weakling → 1930s sl.
► PUSSYFOOTER a coward, a weakling → 1930s sl.
► QUINCE a weakling; a fool → 20C Aust. & US sl.
► RABBIT a male who is held to be weak → 1986 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► RACKLING the youngest or weakest of a family, a weakling → 1781 Eng. dial.
► RASHER OF WIND a weak, spineless person → M19 sl.
► RECKLIN ► RECKLING ► RICKLING ► RUCKLING ► WRECKLIN ► WRECKLING ► WREGLING the youngest or weakest of a family, a weakling → 1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RIG ► WRIG the smallest or weakest of a litter, brood, or family; the youngest or feeblest of a family; a weak, puny child → 1805 Sc.
► RYE STRAW a weak, insignificant person → 1615 obs.
► SACKLESS a weak, senseless person; a helpless, clumsy fellow → 1778 Eng. dial.
► SAMMY a simpleton, a fool; an ill-natured fellow; an effeminate weakling; a lunatic → 1876 Eng. dial.
► SAPSY a soft, weak-willed, characterless person → 1969 Sc.
► SART-POLL ► SATE-POLL a foolish, weak person; one easily imposed upon; a good-for-nothing fellow → 1867 Eng. dial.
► SCHAMLICH a weak, puny person → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SIMMY a weakling, one lacking in spirit or vigour → 1968 Amer. dial.
► SIMP a weakling; a wimp → Aust. sl.
► SNOW a blond-haired weakling → 1960s Aust. school sl.
► SOFTLING a weakling
► SPAFFLES a washy, weak-legged person; a weak but healthy person → 1878 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SPARROW a physically weak person → 1885 Aust. & US sl.
► SPOOL-PIG a weakling → 1897 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SPRAT a small, weak, or insignificant person → 1605
► STUFF a simpleton; a weakling → 1904 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SUNCATE a weak, sickly child → 1904 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► TARLE a small weak person → 1866 Sc. obs.
► TARLOCH a small weak or worthless person → 1866 Sc. 
► TIDLING a pampered or spoiled child; a darling, a pet; a young, delicate, or puny child or animal in need of special care; a weakling → 1520 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TONK an effeminate, weak, or ineffectual person → Aust. sl.
► TOOTIE FRUITIE a weak and ineffective male → 1970s US sl.
► TWANGLES a weak, sickly person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► UIMATER a weakling → 1929 Sc.
► UMIK a small, weak person or creature → 1897 Sc.
► UNDERLING a small or weakly child, animal, or plant; the weakest animal of a herd, etc. which is bullied by the rest; the smallest pig of a litter; a small or inferior fruit or vegetable → 1688 obs. exc. Eng. dial. 
► UNDOUGHT a weak, puny person; a silly, incapable, worthless person → 1644 Sc.
► WAFFLE-BAGS one who hesitates or vacillates; a weak, undecided person → 1889 Eng. dial.
► WAFFLER a weak, indecisive, vacillating person; one who hesitates; a ditherer; a laggard → 1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WAKELING a weak child → 1888 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WAMLIN a weak, restless child → 1825 Sc.
► WANDOCHT a weak, feeble, or puny person; a silly, inactive, worthless person → a1728 Sc.
► WANGLE a thin, tall, weak young man → 1997 Irish sl.
► WANKLIN ► WANKLING a weakling; a weakly, delicate child → 1877 Eng. dial.
► WEAK SISTER a weak, ineffective person; the weakest member of a group, male or female → 1857 US sl.
► WEAKIE ► WEAKY a weak or cowardly person → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► WEEDLING  a slight, weakly person → 1890
► WEENIE ► WEENY ► WIENIE a weak, unlikeable person → 1963 US sl.
► WET an ineffectual, weak, foolish person → 1930s sl., orig. UK juvenile usage
► WET END an ineffectual, weak, foolish person → 1930s sl., orig. UK juvenile usage
► WETSO an ineffectual, weak, foolish person → 1930s sl., orig. UK juvenile usage
► WIDDY-WADDY a poor, weak woman → 1777 Eng. dial.
► WIENIE an unlikeable, weak person → 1963 US sl.
► WIMP a spineless, whimpering, undesirable person; an ineffectual or incompetent person; a weak, ineffectual man → 1920 sl., orig. US
► WINDLE a weak, delicate child → 1777 Eng. dial.
► WOOFIE a wimp; a weak and cowardly person → 2006 Amer. teen & high school sl.  (Bk.)
► WOSSIE a weak, timid, passive person → 1982 US sl.
► WRACKLING the youngest or weakest of a family, a weakling → 1781 Eng. dial.
► WRECK a weakling; one without spirit → c1925 UK public schools’ usage
► WRECK FROM QUEBEC a weakling → 1945 jive usage (Bk.)
► WRIGLING an undersized or weak person → 1722 Sc.
► WUSS a weak, timid person; an ineffectual person; a wimp; someone who cannot be depended on; an exceedingly pathetic, timid, or ineffectual person → 1960s US sl.
► WUSS BAG a weakling; someone who cannot be depended on → 1970s sl., orig. US
► WUSSETTE a weakling; someone who cannot be depended on → 1970s sl., orig. US
► WUSSIE ► WUSSY a weak, timid, passive person; someone who cannot be depended on  → 1960s US sl.
► ZAMMY a simpleton, a fool; an ill-natured fellow; an effeminate weakling; a lunatic → 1876 Eng. dial.
► ZATENFARE a foolish, weak person; one easily imposed upon → 1777 Eng. dial.
► ZOB a good-for-nothing; a contemptible person; a weak person → 1911 US sl.

PHRASES
► HE COULDN’T GO TWO ROUNDS WITH A REVOLVING DOOR said of a weak person → 20C Aust. sl.
► HE COULDN’T KNOCK THE SKIN OFF A RICE PUDDING physically weak; ineffectual → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► HE COULDN’T LAST A ROUND IN A REVOLVING DOOR weak or irresolute → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
► ACRAZE to weaken, to impair, to enfeeble → 1549 obs.
► AFFEEBLE to weaken, to enfeeble → 1480 obs.
► AFFEEBLISH to weaken, to enfeeble → 1483 obs.
► BREAK to grow old or weak; to show signs of aging → 1800 Amer. dial.
► CROCK to become or cause to become weak or disabled → sl. chiefly Brit.
► DEBILITE to debilitate, to render weak, to weaken, to enfeeble → 1483 obs.
► DEFAIL to lose vigour, to become weak, to decay → 1340 obs.
► EMOLLIATE to soften, to weaken, to render effeminate → 1802
► FADE to grow small or weak; to decline, decay, fail, or faint; to shrink → 1388 obs.
► FAIL OFF to show signs of approaching dissolution; to grow weak → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAINT to become faint; to grow weak or feeble, to decline → c1400 obs. exc. poetic usage
► FEEBLE to make feeble; to enfeeble, to weaken → a1340 obs. exc. arch.
► FEEBLISH to render feeble, weak, or infirm, to enfeeble → 1375 obs.
► GELD to impair the strength or force of; to weaken, to enfeeble → 1508 obs.
► IMBECILE to make imbecile, weak, or impotent; to impair, to weaken, to enfeeble, to debilitate → 1593-40 obs.
► IMBECILITATE to make imbecile, weak, or feeble; to enfeeble; to deprive of strength → 1647 obs.
► LABEFACT to shake, to weaken → c1540 obs.
► LABEFY to weaken, to impair; to cause to fall → 1620 obs.
► LANGUEFY to become weak or languid → a1734 obs.
► PALL to make faint or feeble; to enfeeble, to weaken; to daunt, to appal → 1690 obs.
► QUICHE OUT to concede defeat in a cowardly manner; to behave in a weak and effeminate manner → 2006 UK sl.
► RETUND to weaken physically; to diminish the strength or effect of → M17 obs.
► SINK to reduce, weaken, or exhaust the strength of a person → a1715
► TAINT to lose vigour or courage; to become weak or faint; to wither, to fade → 1605 obs.
► TAKE IT LYING DOWN to give in without a fight, to act weakly → L19
► UNBEND to slacken or weaken → 1605 obs.
► UNBRACE to enfeeble, to weaken → 1711
► WAIKEN to weaken → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WANT SALT to be a weakling; to need ‘grit’ of character → L19 US
► WEEN to exhibit fear; to weaken → 1926 Amer. dial.
► DWARFIFY to make small, weak, or inferior in content, character, etc.; to restrict or reverse the development of → 1816 obs.
► FEATHER-FELLED so weak in the body that one might be knocked down with a feather → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PUSSYFOOT AROUND to compromise, to act in a cowardly or weak manner → 20C sl.