pantywaist

Plural: pantywaists

Noun

• a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
• An undergarment composed, in part, of panties attached to a waistband.
• An ineffectual, weak, or timid person, especially a boy or young man; a sissy.

Adj

• Weak, timid, effeminate, ineffectual.

Examples

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

Synonyms

milksop, Milquetoast, pansy, sissy, nestle-cock, softy, wuss

Related Words

man panties