NAMBY-PAMBIES Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

namby-pambies

noun

plural of namby-pamby

as in cowards

a person without strength of character those namby-pambies at city hall are never going to get serious about our crime problem

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Noun

No, and as true as all that might be, the most important lesson is that DEI turns people into cowards.

— Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
To me, the most notable change — outside of Robert not getting fully naked, you cowards — is that the meltdown is witnessed by much more of the senior class.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of cowards

Noun

Sometimes only the tips of the reeds and the seed heads were visible, poking above the murky water, and other times the reeds stood fully exposed, with a clear view of crabs clambering around their bases.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
An animal’s croaking rides away with the wind, and two sparrows rise from the reeds.

— Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of reeds

Noun

While jellyfish, an even more remote species, have two nervous systems, the findings suggest these two organs may have slowly grown close to each other.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026
The jellyfish cut combines a classic bob on top with longer strands flowing underneath.

— Omenaa Boakye, InStyle, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of jellyfish

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