Meaning

2 senses
  1. A person of weak or even sickly physical constitution.

    Schwächling

    слаба́кslabák

    a person who is physically weak and ineffectual

  2. (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.

    Schwächling, Feigling, Weichei

    слаба́кslabák, хлю́пикxljúpik, тря́пкаtrjápka

Examples

15 sentences
  1. I'm a weakling.

    Я слабак. — deniko

    ruЯ тряпка. — sharptoothed

    deIch bin ein Schwächling. — Luiaard

  2. Tom is a weakling.

    Том — слабак. — deniko

    ruТом - слабовольный человек. — marafon

    deTom ist ein Schwächling. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom isn't a weakling.

  4. Tom is such a weakling.

    deTom ist so ein Schwächling! — Waldelfe

  5. What a bunch of weaklings!

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
person of weak or even sickly physical constitution:
person of weak character:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
person of weak or even sickly physical constitution:
person of weak character:

Origin

From weak + -ling.

From weak + -ling.

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Forms

plural: weaklings
Singularweakling
Pluralweaklings

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
person of weak constitution:twerktwerp

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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