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weak-kneed

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of weak-kneed

lacking strength of will or character

management is too weak-kneed to effectively enforce even a minimal dress code

Synonyms of weak-kneed

characterless, effete, frail, invertebrate, limp-wristed, milk-and-water, namby-pamby, nerveless, soft, spineless, weak, weakened, weakling, wet [British], wimpish, wimpy, wishy-washy

Words Related to weak-kneed

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

Near Antonyms of weak-kneed

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

determined, mettlesome, resolute, unrelenting

courageous, stalwart, stouthearted

Antonyms of weak-kneed

backboned, firm, hard, strong, tough

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