milquetoast
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(derogatory, informal)(originally US, informal, derogatory) Meek, timid; lacking character or effectiveness.
Đồng nghĩa: feeble, ineffectual, insipid
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(derogatory, informal)(originally US, informal, derogatory) A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness.
Đồng nghĩa: softy, wimp, wuss, big girl's blouse, candy-arse, candy-ass, crybaby, milksop, milquetoast, namby, namby-pamby, nestle-cock, pansy, pantywaist, poon, punk, pushover, pussy, sissy, softy, tenderling, weakling, weenie, wimp, wuss, wussy
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Caspar Milquetoast, a character from the comic strip The Timid Soul, created by American cartoonist Harold Tucker Webster (1885–1952) and first published in 1924; the character was named after the American dish milk toast (a food consisting of toasted bread in warm milk), from <ng:fr> + toast.