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What is another word for
namby-pamby
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Adjective
Excessively sentimental in nature
Showing or displaying weakness of character or will
Lacking in spirit or energy
Gay bob
Not strong or able to endure hardship
Exhibiting behavior, mannerisms, or a look, considered unmasculine
Excessively prim and proper
Noun
Someone who displays a lack of courage or weakness of character
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▲
Adjective
▲
Excessively sentimental in nature
sentimental
mawkish
maudlin
over-sentimental
“You are sadly mistaken if you really think your
namby-pamby
ideas about love and happiness will get us out of this mess.”
Adjective
▲
Showing or displaying weakness of character or will
weak
feeble
spineless
effete
insipid
colorless
US
colourless
UK
ineffectual
simpering
weedy
wimpish
characterless
boneless
frail
weakling
wimpy
invertebrate
soft
weakened
wet
wussy
nerveless
pathetic
limp-wristed
weak-kneed
candy-assed
milk-and-water
wishy-washy
cowardly
timid
spiritless
pusillanimous
sissy
sissified
yellow-bellied
timorous
chicken
weak-willed
ineffective
irresolute
lily-livered
enervated
gutless
fearful
craven
impotent
chicken-hearted
inept
debilitated
yellow
vacillating
languid
submissive
faint-hearted
daft
indecisive
useless
fallible
wavering
easily led
recreant
dastardly
chickenhearted
slight
frightened
delicate
feckless
wasted
down-and-out
sapped
asthenic
unsubstantial
poor-spirited
tender
prostrated
prostrate
infirm
faint
softened
enfeebled
chicken-livered
milk-livered
inadequate
foolish
silly
drippy
afraid
nervous
petrified
nerdy
milksoppish
effeminate
unheroic
cowed
poltroon
forceless
squeamish
unmanly
pithless
without a will of your own
afraid of one's shadow
susceptible
malleable
vulnerable
impressionable
errant
defenceless
UK
soppy
vapid
sissyish
queeny
imperfect
flawed
erring
resistless
easily tempted
defenseless
US
limp
bland
half-hearted
unassertive
jejune
meek
fickle
passive
listless
sapless
flavorless
US
flavourless
UK
mediocre
watered-down
dull
faltering
dithering
tame
indeterminate
powerless
undetermined
corruptible
supine
yielding
hemming and hawing
unreliable
unsure
waffling
undependable
cowering
quaking
trembling
pigeon-hearted
scared
shrinking
apprehensive
fainthearted
jittery
tremulous
lacking courage
easily frightened
panicky
abject
hesitant
tentative
daunted
intimidated
shaky
mousy
unnerved
jumpy
diffident
feart
mousey
base
skittish
anxious
pigeonhearted
dismayed
shy
retiring
caitiff
weak-minded
coward
easily scared
nervy
spooked
funky
coy
afraid of one's own shadow
startled
like a lamb to the slaughter
mean-spirited
terrified
emasculated
lame
scary
fearsome
niddering
frightened of one's own shadow
trepidatious
shuddering
poltroonish
white-livered
cowhearted
paper tiger
having the willies
no guts
sookie
running scared
backward
worthless
dishonourable
UK
dishonorable
US
cringing
ignoble
low
exhausted
spent
decrepit
drained
vitiated
worn out
played out
washed-out
declining
doubtful
persuasible
without guts
persuadable
feeble-minded
compliant
changeable
cringey
gentle
browbeaten
Milquetoast
capricious
bullied
unassured
having cold feet
more ❯
“I've grown weary of all these
namby-pamby
bloggers and commentators avoiding the real issues.”
Adjective
▲
Lacking in spirit or energy
insipid
flat
banal
vapid
bland
dull
boring
stale
tedious
monotonous
uninteresting
colourless
UK
prosaic
dry
unexciting
tiresome
lifeless
tame
wearisome
lackluster
US
lacklustre
UK
humdrum
pedestrian
unimaginative
characterless
trite
colorless
US
uninspired
uninspiring
watery
lustreless
lame
mundane
plain
vacuous
weariful
wishy-washy
milk-and-water
run-of-the-mill
common or garden
weak
jejune
innocuous
watered-down
flavorless
US
unpalatable
thin
flavourless
UK
pointless
drab
stupid
anaemic
UK
spiritless
ho-hum
feeble
prosy
arid
inane
anemic
US
blah
dim
washy
mild
unsavory
US
distasteful
unappetizing
savorless
pale
tasteless
faint
washed out
hazy
washed-out
wan
unsavoury
UK
waterish
tired
commonplace
limp
watered down
poor
inadequate
sterile
bloodless
hackneyed
half-hearted
barren
hacky
driveling
US
soft
nothing
drivelling
UK
nebbish
beige
corny
fatuous
subdued
dry as dust
tenuous
slight
droning
dreary
dead
toneless
soporific
vacant
uniform
empty
depressing
numbing
leaden
unfeeling
featureless
unexcited
old
monochromatic
heavy
slow
sapless
draggy
expressionless
ponderous
wearying
samey
unseasoned
mind-numbing
muted
unchanging
mat
weary
dulled
lusterless
deadly
vanilla
unvaried
unexpressive
stodgy
dusty
blind
ho hum
lead balloon
tiring
jading
stuffy
uninflected
drudging
matte
whitebread
faded
routine
uneventful
pallid
grey
UK
gray
US
ordinary
unremarkable
somber
US
sombre
UK
neutral
plodding
unlustrous
dingy
unstimulating
wooden
ashen
apathetic
dark
pastel
unvarying
passionless
bromidic
torpid
toned down
workaday
repetitious
soulless
nondescript
listless
everyday
ashy
fatiguing
restrained
bleak
common
laborious
quiet
monochrome
subfusc
quotidian
subtle
nowhere
unanimated
dull as dishwater
matt
dullsville
sluggish
zestless
undistinguished
mediocre
illustrous
black
unoriginal
understated
derivative
stiff
repetitive
dull-coloured
enervating
exhausting
indifferent
matter-of-fact
lacking variety
banausic
pathetic
zero
dark-colored
US
nothing to write home about
unexceptional
irksome
toned-down
soul-destroying
mechanical
static
achromatic
dark-coloured
UK
unobtrusive
shaded
unrelieved
dreich
meager
US
passive
unimpassioned
plain vanilla
dull as ditchwater
light
meagre
UK
no great shakes
unconvincing
run of the mill
lackadaisical
stagnant
enervated
ineffectual
ineffective
unmemorable
inoffensive
turgid
uncolored
uninterested
platitudinous
uncreative
low-key
conventional
flat tire
unmoved
mellow
threadbare
antiseptic
laboured
UK
achromic
indecisive
ornery
middle-of-the-road
labored
US
softened
lowered
usual
lacking variation
unentertaining
unenjoyable
pabulum
unpolished
unenthusiastic
yawnsome
monotone
not up to much
lacking excitement
lacking interest
desiccated
big yawn
greyish
UK
slack
puny
emotionless
inactive
slothful
languid
lethargic
mindless
unburnished
tepid
hollow
languorous
indistinct
flimsy
bleached
halfhearted
overlong
irresolute
undistinctive
safe
lacking in vitality
interminable
non-stimulating
cold
plebeian
well-worn
unromantic
vigourless
predictable
unproductive
clear
sleepy
shallow
implausible
etiolated
grayish
US
long-drawn-out
paltry
bog-standard
pedantic
gloomy
uninventive
unadventurous
derived
unimpressed
unbelievable
desolate
lacking vitality
unspirited
insubstantial
white-bread
prolix
mousy
deadening
muddy
downcast
superficial
stilted
incredible
questionable
unpersuasive
improbable
dowdy
sober
untenable
inconceivable
dragging
dismal
one-horse
day-to-day
treadmill
deadly dull
sketchy
dead-and-alive
a dime a dozen
without color
long
prosing
nonglossy
bummer
drag
cloying
drear
moth-eaten
bomb
stereotyped
impotent
powerless
unlively
unpassioned
second-rate
inert
insufficient
unmodulated
undemonstrative
wordy
long-winded
sleep-inducing
earthbound
trying
frustrating
inferior
annoying
irritating
nerdy
wimpy
unappealing
cardboard
shadeless
tingeless
disinterested
delicate
unartistic
stock
unobjectionable
harmless
unprogressive
least
Milquetoast
mainstream
average
boresome
vexatious
diluted
unfateful
noneventful
unnoteworthy
inconclusive
forced
depressed
raw
dispiriting
wintry
US
wintery
UK
sorrowful
damp
oppressive
windy
useless
discoloured
UK
discolored
US
heavy-handed
yawn
heavy-going
formal
in the doldrums
customary
normal
typical
regular
unsentimental
unvarnished
unembellished
unpoetic
nitty-gritty
literal
terrestrial
unemotional
factual
unadorned
half-pie
OK
so-so
sooty
dun
grimy
reluctant
perfunctory
mortal
poky
snooze
vigorless
energyless
boiled down
without punch
worn-out
futile
staid
lurid
ghastly
cadaverous
sickly
white
waxen
doughy
blanched
livid
soft-hued
deadpan
endless
garden-variety
garden variety
verbose
fuddy-duddy
truistic
without variety
vain
profitless
unimpressive
unenergetic
square
lukewarm
unresponsive
weakly
trivial
puerile
weak-kneed
backward
not so hot
reiterated
samely
monotonic
all the same
recurrent
sing-song
unchanged
weighty
unrewarding
old hat
phoned in
heavy going
backwoods
comatose
dirty
filthy
not fun
puts one to sleep
flat as pancake
unwilling
impassive
cool
blasé
devoid of feeling
devoid of emotion
fruitless
worthless
murky
sullied
tarnished
opaque
hard to digest
lacking energy
unostentatious
greyscale
UK
grayscale
US
aimless
valueless
unprofitable
purposeless
unpretentious
not shiny
behind the times
sludgy
inexpressive
droopy
unconcerned
reserved
otiose
unavailing
unsuccessful
bootless
inefficacious
abortive
joyless
lank
spent
meek
languishing
low
two-dimensional
dopey
inanimate
sad
drippy
hueless
unfruitful
unfilled
unprolific
light-toned
uncoloured
cream
black and white
tintless
not in color
black-and-white
discreet
greige
conservative
sand
taupe
oatmeal
inconspicuous
ecru
buff
unnoticeable
repressed
unflashy
simple
fawn
low-keyed
stone-coloured
indefinite
stone
mushroom
light-colored
US
putty
light-coloured
UK
more ❯
“This is no
namby-pamby
performance, but one with a clear and assertive vision of pastoral life.”
Adjective
▲
Gay bob
gay bob
gay
Adjective
▲
Not strong or able to endure hardship
soft
flabby
flaccid
limp
pampered
weak
overindulged
podgy
out of condition
out of training
loose
droopy
drooping
sagging
slack
floppy
lax
yielding
pendulous
saggy
hanging
unfirm
lank
relaxed
flimsy
toneless
baggy
irresilient
enervated
wilting
flapping
quaggy
out of tone
flexuous
pliant
flexible
bendy
not taut
sloppy
slackened
loosened
insecure
dangling
unsecured
flowing
flip-flop
pliable
flappy
not tight
ductile
bending
plastic
limber
supple
wilted
lacking firmness
nerveless
inelastic
debilitated
weakened
sapped
enfeebled
emasculated
bowing
stooping
slouchy
bowed
unrestricted
nodding
unbound
untied
unfastened
unrestrained
detached
untethered
unfettered
unattached
movable
disconnected
unconnected
unclasped
unshackled
unhinged
unhooked
unlatched
undone
declining
declined
weeping
hung
flopping
inclining
descendent
descendant
descending
rickety
unsteady
infirm
feeble
loose-fitting
slumped
stooped
falling
languid
slumping
bent
sinking
pensile
pending
pendent
free-swinging
tumbling
cernuous
nutant
plunging
downward
down
swaying
hanging limply
flowy
draped
dropping
unconfined
lassitudinous
hanging down
languorous
doubled over
lifeless
hanging free
becoming limp
becoming flaccid
hanging loose
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Exhibiting behavior, mannerisms, or a look, considered unmasculine
womanish
effeminate
effete
sissy
unmanly
epicene
camp
girlish
girly
sissified
unmasculine
emasculate
queeny
pansified
sissyish
nancy
limp-wristed
soft
feminine
womanly
pansy-like
campy
pansyish
womanlike
unmanful
unmanlike
foppish
mincing
poncey
posturing
swish
affected
fruity
niminy-piminy
Adjective
▲
Excessively prim and proper
prissy
prim
prudish
puritanical
Victorian
proper
priggish
starchy
stuffy
schoolmarmish
stiff
formal
schoolmistressy
mimsy
governessy
genteel
Grundyish
overnice
precious
epicene
strait-laced
niminy-piminy
old-maidish
goody-goody
tight-laced
po-faced
prim and proper
square-toed
goody-two-shoes
straitlaced
moralistic
bluenosed
conventional
square
rigid
nice-nelly
narrow-minded
straightlaced
demure
uptight
narrow
smug
strict
straight
puritan
severe
respectable
staid
conservative
Pecksniffian
pompous
fuddy-duddy
sedate
stick-in-the-mud
moral
self-righteous
sanctimonious
seemly
decent
shockable
austere
old-maid
precise
fastidious
sententious
bigoted
pretentious
overmodest
old-fashioned
decorous
holier-than-thou
affected
censorious
ladylike
stern
artificial
polite
sober
stilted
self-satisfied
nice
snobbish
of the old school
conforming
virtuous
overscrupulous
ascetic
pedantic
Pharisaic
forbidding
pietistic
hypocritical
complacent
vain
disapproving
fanatical
squeamish
spartan
hair-shirt
overexact
simpering
mincing
scrupulous
offish
rigorous
finicky
illiberal
abstemious
abstinent
pious
snooty
fussy
particular
serious
earnest
reserved
impersonal
solemn
fogeyish
conformist
posh
humourless
UK
fusty
blue-nose
spic-and-span
spruce
meticulous
wooden
correct
cleanly
good
dapper
upright
dignified
stickling
ceremonial
nit-picking
ceremonious
choosy
old-fogeyish
pi
supercilious
self-important
humorless
US
dry as dust
magisterial
important
arrogant
puffy
punctilious
patronizing
US
patronising
UK
condescending
ostentatious
distingué
straight-laced
god-fearing
unctuous
PC
la-di-da
befitting
becoming
politically correct
goody two-shoes
refined
gentlemanly
fit
right
modest
mannerly
suitable
fitting
honourable
UK
orthodox
honorable
US
done
courteous
in line
comme il faut
by the numbers
by the book
meet
comely
well-mannered
de rigueur
prude
bourgeois
traditional
traditionalist
suburban
parochial
stodgy
Pooterish
doctrinal
Biedermeier
dogmatic
button-down
small-town
bien pensant
grave
sombre
UK
weighty
somber
US
sobersided
uncomic
unsmiling
dreary
douce
unhumorous
grim
dull
serious-minded
no-nonsense
more ❯
Noun
▲
Someone who displays a lack of courage or weakness of character
weakling
wimp
coward
doormat
pushover
milksop
wuss
chicken
pantywaist
sissy
wussy
jellyfish
baby
caitiff
reed
quitter
yellow
fraidy-cat
cry-baby
chicken heart
chicken liver
lily liver
momma's boy
scaredy cat
yellow belly
pansy
Milquetoast
poltroon
crybaby
snowflake
wet
softie
weed
jessie
mollycoddle
drip
sook
softy
yellow-belly
chinless wonder
mouse
cupcake
nancy boy
scaredy-cat
moffie
dastard
big baby
ponce
nancy
cream puff
big girl's blouse
deserter
craven
ninny
recreant
funk
invertebrate
cur
nebbish
milquetoast
daisy
jelly
gutless wonder
teacher's pet
lightweight
mother's darling
ineffective person
loser
tomcat
grimalkin
kitten
mouser
kitty
cat
feline
malkin
puppy
schlemiel
featherweight
mama's boy
sisspot
mummy's boy
pessimist
faintheart
runaway
shirker
sneak
stalk
cane
stem
dingo
skulker
gutless
rabbit
scaredy pants
faint-heart
shirk
malingerer
white liver
faint-of-heart
alarmist
pussy-cat
runt
weak person
dotard
misfit
walk-over
cad
varlet
yellowbelly
wheyface
base fellow
timid person
fraidy cat
fairy
poof
queen
more ❯
“The
namby-pamby
that stands shivering and thinking of the danger of doing something will be jostled aside, run over, and trod into dust.”
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