Word: namby-pamby

Category: namby-pamby

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Synonyms: namby-pamby

weak, feeble, spineless, effeminate, effete, ineffectual, wimpy, sissy, gutless, wishy-washy

Translations: namby-pamby

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spanish
Translations:
ñoño, melindroso
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german
Translations:
unentschlossen, verweichlicht, zimperlich, pimpelig, Mutterkind, Muttersöhnchen
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french
Translations:
sentimental, gnangnan
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italian
Translations:
sdolcinato, smanceroso
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portuguese
Translations:
piegas, dengoso, afetação, deslambido, levemente sentimental
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dutch
Translations:
sentimenteel gedoe, zoetelijk
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russian
Translations:
жеманство, сентиментальность, сентиментальный, хлюпик, размазня
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norwegian
Translations:
namby
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swedish
Translations:
MJÄKIG, MESIG, MES, SENTIMENTAL
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finnish
Translations:
nyyhky, avuton, nynny
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danish
Translations:
namby
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czech
Translations:
namby
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polish
Translations:
czułostkowy, ckliwy
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hungarian
Translations:
mesterkélt, érzelgős ember, modoros
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turkish
Translations:
güzel ama yapmacıklı, yapmacıklı ve yavan
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greek
Translations:
επιτετηδευμένος, ανούσιος, γλυκανάλατος, σαχλός
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ukrainian
Translations:
сентиментальний, сентиментальна, чутливий, сентиментальне
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albanian
Translations:
naze, sentimentalitet
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bulgarian
Translations:
лигав, банален, сантиментален, блудкав, безинтересен човек
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belarusian
Translations:
сентыментальны, сэнтыментальны, сэнтымэнтальны, з'яўляецца сентыментальны
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estonian
Translations:
Nyyhky, Nynny
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croatian
Translations:
bolećiv, bolećivost, sentimentalnost, sentimentalan
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icelandic
Translations:
namby
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lithuanian
Translations:
sentimentalumas, Ckliwy, mėgstantis maivytis, Sentimentalitāte, Bejėgiai
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latvian
Translations:
sentimentalitāte, sentimentāls
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macedonian
Translations:
namby
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romanian
Translations:
lacrimogen, nehotărât, sentimental, prețios
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slovenian
Translations:
namby
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slovak
Translations:
Namba, Nambu

The meaning and "use of": namby-pamby

noun
  • a feeble or effeminate person. - The first group (the namby-pambies ) contrive to let their little darlings come out on top.
adjective
  • lacking energy, strength, or courage; feeble or effeminate in behavior or expression. - these weren't namby-pamby fights, but brutal affairs where heads hit the sidewalk

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