sad sack

2 definitions found

sad sack - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sad sack
      n 1: someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence [syn:
           bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler,
           sad sack, botcher, butcher, fuckup]

sad sack - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "sad sack":
     Bowery bum, Milquetoast, baby, beachcomber, beggar,
     beggarly fellow, big baby, blighter, budmash, bum, bummer, caitiff,
     chicken, crybaby, derelict, devil, doormat, drifter, drunkard,
     dull tool, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, gutless wonder,
     hard-luck guy, hardcase, hobo, human wreck, invertebrate,
     jellyfish, lightweight, loser, lowlife, mauvais sujet, mean wretch,
     meek soul, milksop, mollycoddle, mucker, namby-pamby, nebbish,
     no-good, nonentity, pansy, pantywaist, pauvre diable, pilgarlic,
     poor creature, poor devil, poor unfortunate, pushover, sad case,
     schlemiel, schlimazel, sissy, skid-row bum, softling, softy, sop,
     stiff, sundowner, sure loser, swagman, tramp, truant, unfortunate,
     vag, vagabond, vagrant, vaurien, victim, wastrel, weak sister,
     weakling, worthless fellow, wretch