Definition of Milquetoast

1. Noun. A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.

Exact synonyms: Milksop, Pansy, Pantywaist, Sissy
Generic synonyms: Coward

Definition of Milquetoast

1. Adjective. Meek, timid. ¹

2. Noun. (pejorative) A person of meek or timid disposition. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Milquetoast

milneb
milnebs
milo
milo maize
milometer
milonga
milongas
milor
milord
milords
milors
milos
milpa
milpas
milphosis
milquetoast
milquetoasts
milquetoasty
milreis
milrinone
mils
milse
milsey
milseys
milted
miltefosine
miltefosines
milter
milters

Literary usage of Milquetoast

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Panama Adventure Guide by Patricia Katzman (2004)
"The capital's congested traffic provokes even the mildest milquetoast into performing hair-raising maneuvers while pretending stop signs are merely ..."

2. He Usually Lived with a Female: The Life of a California Newspaperman by George Garrigues (2006)
"An opening of some three thousand words done as high comedy on a low level, in which this Caspar Milquetoast (who is physically big and was a football star) ..."

3. Entropy and Alchemy: The Problem of Individuality in an Age of Society by Edwin Stuart (2003)
"Gone is the Milquetoast meditator of that morning or the hippie of the Sixties who thought everything was everything, even getting punched in the eye. ..."

4. Jehovah Himself Has Become King by Robert King (2005)
"Contrary to the Watchtower's milquetoast interpretation of Habakkuk, the "evil gain" is not that of petty drug dealers and swindlers. ..."

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