namby-pamby


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Synonyms for namby-pamby

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Synonyms for namby-pamby

lacking the qualities requisite for spiritedness and originality

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Synonyms for namby-pamby

an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental

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weak in willpower, courage or vitality

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He added: "We want it in black and white that this is what's happening rather than the namby-pamby, fluffy words like 'we look at it in principle' or 'we will explore'.
If the UK finds him, he'll be taken back and, after a costly and drawn-out trial, sentenced to life in a comfortable prison from where he will be allowed to launch endless appeals and, no doubt (given the UK's namby-pamby judicial system), even qualify for parole after a few years.
("Don't Reward Idleness", Views of the North, April 8.) No namby-pamby Cameronian spin for him!
| RUGBY fans in the Boot Room are always carping on about namby-pamby footballers writhing around the floor in agony when they're not injured But BK Hacken's Mohammed Ali Khan has proved an exception to the rule after playing on with a broken leg.
Round-up the 8 Out Of 10 Cats team captains and send them to the good old US of A to prove they are not namby-pamby, lilly-livered guys, but tough, macho blokes.
Those drug laws would also clean up the streets, but we live in a namby-pamby country now and the Singapore laws would never happen here.
Frank thought I was a namby-pamby Westminster scribbler getting carried away under fire - I'm not sure the tough squaddies belly-down avoiding bombs next to me in the desert thought we were namby pambies.
SOFTIE parents regret not seeing enough of their kids when they are young, according to the latest namby-pamby report.
James; 3 Eyes Down; 4 The hands and feet; 5 Spades and hearts; 6 Brazil; 7 The Independent; 8 Milan; 9 Microwaves; 10 Namby-pamby. 8.
This namby-pamby state is far too lenient with them with their TV and games room; they are more like plush hotels than prison.
This is no namby-pamby pretend off-roader that in reality is only good for road riding, like so many other 'dual-purpose' machines turn out to be.
But union leader Geoff Waterfield called it "namby-pamby training money" and Middlesbrough Mayor Ray Mallon said it was nowhere near enough.
Those Republicans--such famous namby-pamby softies on the campaign trail.