weakling
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- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 8
/ˈwiːkˈlɪŋɡ/
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/ˈwiːkˈlɪŋɡ/ · /ˈwiːklɪŋɡ/
Definition of weakling
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A person of weak or even sickly physical constitution.
““Mon Dieu!” he soliloquized, “but they are all alike. Cheating, murdering, lying, fighting, and all for things that the beasts of the jungle would not deign to possess—money to purchase the effeminate pleasures of weaklings. And yet withal bound down by silly customs that make them slaves to their unhappy lot while firm in the belief that they be the lords of creation enjoying the only real pleasures of existence.”
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noun
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A person of weak or even sickly physical constitution.
““Mon Dieu!” he soliloquized, “but they are all alike. Cheating, murdering, lying, fighting, and all for things that the beasts of the jungle would not deign to possess—money to purchase the effeminate pleasures of weaklings. And yet withal bound down by silly customs that make them slaves to their unhappy lot while firm in the belief that they be the lords of creation enjoying the only real pleasures of existence.”
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(figuratively)A person of weak character, lacking in courage and/or moral strength.
“c.1551, Hugh Latimer, a sermon in Lincolnshire We may not be weaklings because we have a strong enemy.”
“Donald Trump has lashed out against his own supporters, calling them gullible “weaklings” for questioning the transparency of a secretive government inquiry into the late high-profile socialite and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.”
adj
- weak, either physically, morally or mentally
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Etymology
From weak + -ling.
Words you can make from weakling
170 playable · top: WALKING (15 pts)
Best play walking 15 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
13 words5-letter words
29 words- KNAWE 12 pts
- WAKEN 12 pts
- EKING 10 pts
- KIANG 10 pts
- KLIEG 10 pts
- ALIKE 9 pts
- ALKIE 9 pts
- ANKLE 9 pts
- AWING 9 pts
- GWINE 9 pts
- INKLE 9 pts
- LIKEN 9 pts
- WIGAN 9 pts
- WALIE 8 pts
- AGILE 6 pts
- ALGIN 6 pts
- ALIGN 6 pts
- ANGEL 6 pts
- ANGLE 6 pts
- GLEAN 6 pts
- INGLE 6 pts
- LIANG 6 pts
- LIGAN 6 pts
- LINGA 6 pts
- ALIEN 5 pts
- ALINE 5 pts
- ANILE 5 pts
- ELAIN 5 pts
- LIANE 5 pts
4-letter words
62 words- GAWK 12 pts
- KNEW 11 pts
- LEWK 11 pts
- WAKE 11 pts
- WALK 11 pts
- WANK 11 pts
- WEAK 11 pts
- WEKA 11 pts
- WINK 11 pts
- GANK 9 pts
- GINK 9 pts
- KING 9 pts
- AKIN 8 pts
- GNAW 8 pts
- ILKA 8 pts
- KAIL 8 pts
- KAIN 8 pts
- KALE 8 pts
- KANE 8 pts
- KILN 8 pts
- KINA 8 pts
- KINE 8 pts
- LAKE 8 pts
- LANK 8 pts
- LEAK 8 pts
- LIKE 8 pts
- LINK 8 pts
- WAGE 8 pts
- WING 8 pts
- ANEW 7 pts
- LAWN 7 pts
- LWEI 7 pts
- WAIL 7 pts
- WAIN 7 pts
- WALE 7 pts
- WALI 7 pts
- WANE 7 pts
- WEAL 7 pts
- WEAN 7 pts
- WILE 7 pts
- WINE 7 pts
- AGIN 5 pts
- EGAL 5 pts
- GAEN 5 pts
- GAIN 5 pts
- GALE 5 pts
- GANE 5 pts
- GEAN 5 pts
- GIEN 5 pts
- GLEN 5 pts
- GLIA 5 pts
- LANG 5 pts
- LING 5 pts
- ANIL 4 pts
- ELAN 4 pts
- ILEA 4 pts
- LAIN 4 pts
- LANE 4 pts
- LEAN 4 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- NAIL 4 pts
3-letter words
45 words- KEG 8 pts
- ELK 7 pts
- ILK 7 pts
- INK 7 pts
- KAE 7 pts
- KEA 7 pts
- KEN 7 pts
- KIN 7 pts
- LEK 7 pts
- WAG 7 pts
- WIG 7 pts
- AWE 6 pts
- AWL 6 pts
- AWN 6 pts
- LAW 6 pts
- NAW 6 pts
- NEW 6 pts
- WAE 6 pts
- WAN 6 pts
- WEN 6 pts
- WIN 6 pts
- AGE 4 pts
- ENG 4 pts
- GAE 4 pts
- GAL 4 pts
- GAN 4 pts
- GEL 4 pts
- GEN 4 pts
- GIE 4 pts
- GIN 4 pts
- LAG 4 pts
- LEG 4 pts
- NAG 4 pts
- NEG 4 pts
- AIL 3 pts
- AIN 3 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANI 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIN 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NIL 3 pts
2-letter words
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