weak-kneed

Synonyms

characterless, effete, frail, invertebrate, namby-pamby, nerveless, soft, spineless, weak, weakened, weakling, wimpish, wimpy, wishy-washy;

Antonyms

backboned, firm, hard, strong, tough;

Near Antonyms

ethical, good, moral, principled, right, righteous, upright, virtuous;

determined, mettlesome, resolute, unrelenting;

courageous, stalwart, stouthearted;

Related Words

flabby, flaccid, forceless, ineffective, ineffectual;

impotent, impuissant, powerless;

emasculated, unnerved;

lamblike, meek, pliable, submissive;

corrupt, dastardly, unprincipled, unscrupulous, villainous;

cowardly, craven, fainthearted, lily-livered, nebbishy, poltroon, pusillanimous, sissy, timid;

infirm, irresolute, vacillating;