Get to know Weakling better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like doormat or wuss.
Weakling meaning
- A person of weak or even sickly physical constitution.
- A person of weak character, lacking in courage and/or moral strength.
Using Weakling
- The main meaning on this page is: A person of weak or even sickly physical constitution. | A person of weak character, lacking in courage and/or moral strength.
- Useful related words include: doormat, wuss, person, individual.
- In the example corpus, weakling often appears in combinations such as: and weakling, as weakling, weakling but.
Context around Weakling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 0 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Weakling
- In this selection, "weakling" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sobbing, electoral, regional and afc stand out and add context to how "weakling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as a weakling and a regional weakling. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "weakling" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with weakling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The weakling AFC North is home for the winter. (9 words)
Make no mistake about it, the AFC is no electoral weakling. (11 words)
It’s a much broader portrayal of Donald Trump as a weakling. (12 words)
The 5.2-liter V8 wasn’t exactly a weakling, but strapping a supercharger to it should elevate power to over 700 hp. That’s enough to put legitimate supercars – Ford’s own GT included – to shame. (37 words)
Lorian, the eldest, is clearly the brawn of this duo, though that is not what makes the younger of the prince brothers a weakling. (24 words)
Given the growth in tourist arrivals from the Far East, fears abound Zimbabwe’s porous entry and exit points could prove a regional weakling. (24 words)
Example sentences (11)
They then discovered Marko's personality within the Juggernaut, reduced to a sniveling and sobbing weakling.
It’s a much broader portrayal of Donald Trump as a weakling.
Lorian, the eldest, is clearly the brawn of this duo, though that is not what makes the younger of the prince brothers a weakling.
Weakling!" but there's so much more spice in the Japanese lines that it can still haunt or tease people to this day.
Make no mistake about it, the AFC is no electoral weakling.
The 5.2-liter V8 wasn’t exactly a weakling, but strapping a supercharger to it should elevate power to over 700 hp. That’s enough to put legitimate supercars – Ford’s own GT included – to shame.
The weakling AFC North is home for the winter.
Given the growth in tourist arrivals from the Far East, fears abound Zimbabwe’s porous entry and exit points could prove a regional weakling.
She didn’t want to seem too much like a mom, too much like a slut, too much like a boss, or a weakling.
At the time, many – including Admiral Erich Raeder — felt such talk marked Dönitz as a weakling.
The word was also used to mean defraud, to be idle, to intercept telegrams addressed to someone else, and a weakling or 'milksop'.
Common combinations with weakling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and weakling 2×
- as weakling 2×
- weakling but 2×