Usually means: Weak person lacking courage, spirit.
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  1. milksop: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. milksop: Merriam-Webster
  3. milksop: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. milksop: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. milksop: Collins English Dictionary
  6. milksop: Vocabulary.com
  7. Milksop, milksop: Wordnik
  8. milksop: Wiktionary
  9. milksop: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. milksop: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. milksop: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Milksop, milksop: Dictionary.com
  13. milksop: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Milksop: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Milksop: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. milksop: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. milksop: Rhymezone
  18. Milksop: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. milksop: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Milksop: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. milksop: FreeDictionary.org
  22. milksop: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. milksop: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (milksop)

▸ noun:  A piece of bread sopped in milk.
▸ noun:  A dish consisting of bread pieces in a bowl, sprinkled with sugar and covered in hot milk.
▸ noun:  (by extension, derogatory) An easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person.

Similar:
pansy, pantywaist, sissy, milquetoast, bread and milk, milk toast, winesop, milk, lapper-milk, white stuff, more...

Opposite:
tough, strong, bold, brave, assertive

Adjectives:
such, little, young, mere, sentimental, literary, looking, same, precious, regular, veriest

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    pale pink,     muted lavender,     pastel yellow,     light gray,     powder blue, more...
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Similar:
pansy, pantywaist, sissy, milquetoast, bread and milk, milk toast, winesop, milk, lapper-milk, white stuff, more...

Opposite:
tough, strong, bold, brave, assertive

Adjectives:
such, little, young, mere, sentimental, literary, looking, same, precious, regular, veriest

Colors:
    pale pink,     muted lavender,     pastel yellow,     light gray,     powder blue, more...



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