pamby
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9.9
- noun
- Offensive
:
pusilánime
- You don't want to be the kind of namby-pamby team that never has a penalty.
- namby-pamby
Examples
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He was too much of a pamby to stand up for himself during the argument.
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No one respected him because he was known as a pamby who always avoided confrontation.
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It's a bunch of namby pamby stuff if you ask me.
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And while we soldiers go out there, fight, bleed, and die for the colony, the namby-pamby workers live it up back home.
Fiction book (1998) -
If he does nothing, people say, "Oh, he's namby-pamby and didn't do anything to fight the beast while he could have."
Blog text (12) -
A namby-pamby who dares not leave this village, a catchpenny who's afraid even of the sea.
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I don't have time for "namby-pamby" crybabies who want everybody else to carry their baggage.
Blog text (14) -
Stiffens resolve, puckers the spirit, quells the namby-pamby in a man.
Fiction book (1998) -
The director described the character as a pamby who couldn't handle the pressure of the military role.
Synonyms
24
4.4
A person who has little body strength and gets tired easily
10
9.3
A person who is too afraid to try things
2
9.9
A person who is too weak or afraid to act
2
9.9
A person who is shy, quiet, and often seen by others as weak
1
7.7
A person expected to be brave but who acts afraid
1
9.9
A person who is shy and lacks courage
Antonyms
How Brave
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pamby as a noun can be pictured as a pampered baby — someone made soft and unable to act. So, a pamby is a person who is 'weak' or 'not brave'.