Usually means: Timid person lacking in confidence.
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  1. milquetoast: Merriam-Webster
  2. Milquetoast, milquetoast: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. milquetoast: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. milquetoast: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Milquetoast: Vocabulary.com
  6. Milquetoast, milquetoast: Wordnik
  7. milquetoast: Wiktionary
  8. milquetoast: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. milquetoast: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. milquetoast: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. milquetoast: Dictionary.com
  12. milquetoast: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Milquetoast (song), Milquetoast: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Milquetoast: Rhymezone
  15. milquetoast: FreeDictionary.org
  16. milquetoast: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. milquetoast: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. milquetoast: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. Milquetoast: World Wide Words

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  1. Milquetoast: Encyclopedia

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  1. milquetoast: A Word A Day
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  1. milquetoast: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Milquetoast)

▸ adjective:  (originally US, informal, derogatory) Meek, timid; lacking character or effectiveness.
▸ noun:  (originally US, informal, derogatory) A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness.
▸ adjective:  Alternative letter-case form of milquetoast [(originally US, informal, derogatory) Meek, timid; lacking character or effectiveness.]
▸ noun:  Alternative letter-case form of milquetoast [(originally US, informal, derogatory) A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness.]

Similar:
pantywaist, sissy, milksop, pansy, milquetoasty, meekish, Meek, humble-hearted, measly, wussy, more...

Opposite:
assertive, aggressive, bold, confident, courageous, fearless, gutsy, intrepid, moxie, nerve

Types:
timid, meek, submissive, indecisive, passive, spineless, weak-willed, unassertive, more...

Phrases:
Caspar Milquetoast, more...

Adjectives:
little, poor, mild, real, meek, pretty, timid

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Similar:
pantywaist, sissy, milksop, pansy, milquetoasty, meekish, Meek, humble-hearted, measly, wussy, more...

Opposite:
assertive, aggressive, bold, confident, courageous, fearless, gutsy, intrepid, moxie, nerve

Types:
timid, meek, submissive, indecisive, passive, spineless, weak-willed, unassertive, more...

Phrases:
Caspar Milquetoast, more...

Adjectives:
little, poor, mild, real, meek, pretty, timid

Colors:
    beige,     taupe,     cream,     off-white,     light gray, more...



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