pantywaist

(noun, adjective)

adjective

1. (informal, dated, especially of a male person) Weak, timid, effeminate, ineffectual.

- His rough, burly father was mortified by the lad's pantywaist behavior.

noun

1. a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive

Similar word(s): milksop, milquetoast, pansy, sissy

Definition categories: person, coward