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Namby-pamby

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Noun

1. namby-pamby

an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental

Adjective

2. gutless, namby-pamby, spineless, wishy-washy

weak in willpower, courage or vitality

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Namby-pamby

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adjective
1. 
sentimental or prim in a weak insipid way
namby-pamby manners
2. 
clinging, feeble, or spineless
a namby-pamby child
noun plural -bies
3. 
a person who is namby-pamby

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Namby-pamby

see synonyms of namby-pamby
adjective
1. 
weakly sentimental; insipid
2. 
without vigor
3. 
wishy-washy
noun
4. 
namby-pamby talk
5. Word forms: plural ˈnamˈby-pambies
a namby-pamby person

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Namby-pamby

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adj.
1. Weak, sentimental, or unrealistic: "life as it was really lived, you know, not as described in namby-pamby self-help books" (Megan Hustad).
2. Lacking vigor or decisiveness; weak or spineless: accused by conservatives of being a namby-pamby liberal.
n. pl. nam·by-pam·bies
One that is weak, sentimental, or indecisive.

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