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namby-pamby
Synonyms and Antonyms of namby-pamby
- she's such a namby-pamby nothing that it's no wonder she's never asked out
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
- mocked namby-pamby intellectuals who endlessly debate the pros and cons of everything and invariably end up accomplishing nothing
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
- those namby-pambies at city hall are never going to get serious about our crime problem
coward, milquetoast, mouse, nebbish, nervous Nellie (or nervous Nelly), pussy [slang], wuss (also wussy)
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