Namby-pamby

Synonyms for "namby-pamby" (126 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (26)

baby banal bathos beerybetwixt and betweenblandbleeding heartbreakable brittle characterless chicken cloying colorless cowardly crumbly crybaby dainty delicate doormat dull

Show 6 more words

effeminate elegant euphemistic exquisite fairfair to middling

Strong matches (37)

feeble flimsy formalistic fragile frail frangible googoody goodygooey gossamery gushinghearts-and-flowersinane indecisive indifferent insipid invertebrate jejune jellyfishjerry built

Show 14 more words

lackluster light lightweight limp maudlin mawkish mediocre medium middling milquetoast mincing moderate modest mollycoddle

Adjective(1 words)

gutless

Verb(1 words)

indulge

Noun(1 words)

milksop

Related words (63)

mush mushiness mushy nebbish nonentity nostalgia nostalgic overnice overrefined pansy pantywaist papery passable pedantic precious precisian puny puristic pushover respectable

Show 37 more words

romantic romanticismsad sacksapless sappy schmaltzy sentiment sentimental sentimentality simpering sissified sleazy slight slop sloppy slushso sosoap operasob storysoft sop stickysweetness and lighttackytear jerkingtearjerker teary tedious tolerable unsubstantial vapid wateryweak sisterweaklingwishy washywispy womanish

Noun(4 words)

namby nestle-cock sissy softy

Adjective(2 words)

spineless wishy-washy

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

1 relation types

More general

3 entries

doormat weakling wuss

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Your friend is a namby-pamby.

Source: tatoeba (1055032)

He’s ten years old now and should be able to take care of himself. If you coddle him too much, he’ll be a namby-pamby baby instead of a live boy.

Source: tatoeba (12021419)

[…] she was still, as heretofore, a namby-pamby milk-and-water affected creature […]

Source: wiktionary

We can honestly commend the Atlantic Monthly as the most able and spirited of American periodicals, at the present time, and we like it, moreover, because it dares have opinions and to express them in unmistakable terms, on subjects which when referred to at all, by most of the current magazines, are mentioned in the gingerliest namby-pamby style of common place neutrality.

Source: wiktionary

Showing 4 of 8 available sentences.

More for "namby-pamby"

Meaning

Keep exploring

Read the definition Browse writing guides Read the blog