| 单词 | namby pamby |
| 释义 | (adjective) Definition excessively sentimental or prim I despise his wimpy, namby-pamby attitude. Synonyms feeble While I was ill I was too feeble to even stand. weak a clash between a weak minister and a domineering civil servant wet (informal) I despised him for being so wet and spineless. sentimental ineffectual The ill-advised and ineffectual policies prim weedy (informal) a neurotic, weedy little man colourless anaemic Losing a lot of blood makes you tired and anaemic. insipid She pretended to be meek and insipid so that they would underestimate her. They gave an insipid opening performance in a nil-nil draw. simpering spineless bureaucrats and spineless politicians effete the sun-starved looks of an effete intellectual boneless prissy (informal) wishy-washy (informal) I can't stand indecisive, wishy-washy men. vapid The conversation was vapid and uninteresting. mawkish a sentimental plot with an inevitable mawkish ending wussy (slang) niminy-piminy wimpish or wimpy (informal) Additional synonymsin the sense of anaemic Definition pale and sickly-looking Losing a lot of blood makes you tired and anaemic. Synonyms pale, weak, dull, frail, feeble, wan, sickly, bloodless, colourless, infirm, pallid, ashen, characterless, enervated, like death warmed up (informal) in the sense of effete Definition weak, powerless, and decadent the sun-starved looks of an effete intellectual Synonyms weak, cowardly, feeble, ineffectual, decrepit, spineless, enfeebled, weak-kneed (informal), enervated, overrefined, chicken-hearted, wimpish or wimpy (informal) in the sense of ineffectual Definition having no effect or an inadequate effect The ill-advised and ineffectual policies Synonyms inefficient, useless (informal), powerless, poor, weak, inadequate, pathetic, unfit, ineffective, feeble, worthless, inept, impotentNearby words of |
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