Simp

Quick meaning: Simp is a noun meaning (derogatory) A simple person lacking common sense; a fool or simpleton.

Meaning

(derogatory) A simple person lacking common sense; a fool or simpleton.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) Someone who is not worthy of respect.
2. (originally African-American Vernacular, derogatory) A man who foolishly overvalues and defers to a woman, putting her on a pedestal.
3. (intransitive, by extension) To obsequiously praise or admire.
4. (intransitive, of a man) To be especially deferential to and emotionally vulnerable with a woman, often with the intent of receiving sexual gratification.
5. (intransitive, by extension) To reminisce melancholically; to recall once fond memories now tinged with sadness, especially regarding a former lover.
6. (slang, by extension) Someone who foolishly overvalues someone else and defers to them, putting them on a pedestal.
7. (slang, sometimes self-deprecating) An advocate for an ideology or cause.

Example Sentences

Groggy from my nap I turn on the TV and try to watch.... Morons and simps appear in the screen, drool like pinheads and waterheads.

All of this, inspired by hypersensitive simps who never once had to demonstrate that, by reasonable standards, they had been victimized in any way.

Pimps and simps would fall in from here and there and everywhere, grabbing thousand-dollar advances from the madames and leaving their lady friends in pawn.

“What a simp I am. I can't believe I left it at home.” She leans her forehead against her locker, straightens, and then turns to me. “Can you believe what a simp I am?"

Word Forms

• simps
• simping
• simped

Synonyms for simp

Depending on context, synonyms include doormat.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dimwit, ninny, dolt, chump, goose, simpleton.

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