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You can use the word pantywaist to talk about an ineffective, weak person — especially a man — although it's not very nice and is likely to hurt his feelings.
- Milquetoast
a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
- Milksop
a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
- Milquetoast
What does the word pantywaist mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word pantywaist , one of which is considered derogatory. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
a person, especially a man, who is thought of as weak or cowardly (= not brave): Stop spoiling him or you'll turn him into a pantywaist. The mission was directed by some pantywaist colonel with fancy ideas. Synonym. sissy. Fewer examples.
The meaning of PANTYWAIST is a child's garment consisting of short pants buttoned to a waist.
noun. 1. informal slang. a weak, effeminate man; sissy. 2. (formerly) a child's undergarment consisting of short pants and a shirt that buttoned together at the waist. adjective. 3. weak; fainthearted.
pant·y·waist. (păn′tē-wāst′) n. 1. A child's undergarment consisting of a shirt and pants buttoned together at the waist. 2. Slang A boy or man who is considered weak or effeminate. pant′y·waist′ adj. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
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A pantywaist was formerly a child's undergarment in which a shirt and pants were buttoned together at the waist. Earliest documented use: 1910.
