weakling

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a physically weak or frail person

   He trained steadily because he was tired of being dismissed as a weakling.

2. 2
   noun

   a person regarded as weak in character or courage

   The commander mocked anyone who hesitated as a weakling.

Formed from weak + the diminutive or person-forming suffix -ling. The suffix gives the noun a disparaging force: a weakling is not merely weak but is contemptuously characterized by weakness.

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