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[ week-need ] / ˈwikˈnid / SEE SYNONYMS FOR weak-kneed ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveyielding readily to opposition, pressure, intimidation, etc. Origin of weak-kneedFirst recorded in 1860–65 OTHER WORDS FROM weak-kneedweak-kneedly, adverbweak-kneedness, nounWords nearby weak-kneedweakhanded, weak-headed, weakhearted, weak interaction, weakish, weak-kneed, weakling, weak link, weakly, weak-minded, weak moment, in a Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for weak-kneedThese statements are neither radical nor weak-kneed, as Republican questions would lead you to believe. Hagel’s Confirmation Hearings Contentious and Partisan|John Avlon|February 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST As these weak-kneed leaders came under pressure for their practices and products, they turned psychologically inward. Lousy Marketing—Not Lousy Cars—Killed Detroit|Adam Hanft|November 24, 2008|DAILY BEAST The men who have lost faith in their own machinery should be told that no company can survive the effects of weak-kneed advocates. Industrial Progress and Human Economics|James Hartness If some weak-kneed marshals and sheriffs would do their duty, there would be less bootleggers. Treading the Narrow Way|R. E. Barrett
The thought of it made her weak-kneed and sick, yet she tried to do the usual things in the usual way. Nobody's Child|Elizabeth Dejeans But his name does not carry confidence to those who do not know the man, for his family were weak-kneed gentry. The Half-Hearted|John Buchan Only a few vague, uncertain figures were now moving about, with a strangely unsteady gait, weak-kneed and simian. Darkness and Dawn|George Allan England
British Dictionary definitions for weak-kneed
adjectiveinformal yielding readily to force, persuasion, intimidation, etc Derived forms of weak-kneedweak-kneedly, adverbweak-kneedness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to weak-kneeddoubtful, wishy-washy, hesitant, tentative, submissive, subdued, deferential, serene, passive, gentle, docile, timid, unassuming, poor, flat, shallow, meager, flimsy, sparse, thick |