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Recent Examples of milksop
Julia’s equally posh BFF Jane (Emily Newsome) feels quite the same about her milksop of a hubby, Willy (Kevin Clarke).
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Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
Jane Eyre is the milksop sibling to Villette's Lucy Snowe, the introvert's introvert: brainy, passionate, and dark.
—The Week, 23 May 2022
Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
Jane Eyre is the milksop sibling to Villette's Lucy Snowe, the introvert's introvert: brainy, passionate, and dark.
—The Week, 23 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for milksop
Noun
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The diminutive vehicle isn’t a weakling, either.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
29 Apr. 2026
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That spike—and especially the likelihood that after the conflict ends, costs will remain well above the prewar level—is hitting the weaklings far harder than the thriving warriors, especially the two biggest profitmakers, Delta and United.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Advertisement Similarly, no one is going to think Mullin is a wimp.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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Eventually Sutton calls Amanda a wimp for not wanting any part of any confrontation, and Amanda tells her not to call her a wimp in her own home.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Milksop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milksop. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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