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namby-pamby
Synonyms and Antonyms of namby-pamby
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lacking in qualities that make for spirit and character
unexciting, uninspiring, unrewarding
bland, boring, drab, dreary, dry, dull, heavy, humdrum, jading, leaden, lifeless, monotonous, pedestrian, ponderous, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, vapid, wearisome, weary, wearying
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lacking strength of will or character
characterless, effete, frail, invertebrate, limp-wristed, milk-and-water, nerveless, soft, spineless, weak, weak-kneed, weakened, weakling, wet [British], wimpish, wimpy, wishy-washy
namby-pamby
Synonyms and Antonyms of namby-pamby
a person without strength of character
coward, milquetoast, mouse, nebbish, nervous Nellie (or nervous Nelly), pussy [slang], wuss (also wussy)
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