'Milksop' definitions:
Definition of 'milksop'
From: WordNet
noun
A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive [syn: sissy, pantywaist, pansy, milksop, Milquetoast]
Definition of 'Milksop'
From: GCIDE
- Milksop \Milk"sop`\, n. A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded person. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To wed a milksop or a coward ape. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'milksop'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ass,
- baby,
- big baby,
- born fool,
- buffoon,
- caitiff,
- chicken,
- chicken liver,
- clown,
- coward,
- cream puff,
- crybaby,
- dastard,
- doodle,
- doormat,
- dull tool,
- effeminate,
- egregious ass,
- figure of fun,
- fool,
- fraid-cat,
- fraidy-cat,
- funk,
- funker,
- goody-goody,
- gutless wonder,
- ignoramus,
- invertebrate,
- jackass,
- jellyfish,
- lightweight,
- lily,
- lily liver,
- Lord Fauntleroy,
- lunatic,
- meek soul,
- Milquetoast,
- mollycoddle,
- mooncalf,
- mouse,
- namby-pamby,
- nance,
- nancy,
- nebbish,
- nonentity,
- old woman,
- pansy,
- pantywaist,
- Percy,
- perfect fool,
- poltroon,
- pushover,
- sad sack,
- scaredy-cat,
- schmuck,
- sissy,
- softhead,
- softling,
- softy,
- sop,
- stupid ass,
- tomfool,
- weak sister,
- weakling,
- white feather,
- white liver,
- zany