namby-pamby

İngilizce - Türkçe

namby-pamby teriminin İngilizce Türkçe sözlükte anlamı

İlgili Terimler

nambypamby

yapmacıklı

nambypamby

duyarlı

nambypamby

karakteri güçsüz

namby pamby

güzel ama yapmacıklı

namby pamby

yapmacıklı ve yavan

nambypamby

sıkılgan

nambypamby

kararsız

nambypamby

yavan

nambypamby

kararsız kimse

nambypamby

tatsız

nambypamby

tatsız şekilde duysal

nambypamby

sıkılgan kimse

weak in willpower

(Konuşma Dili) iradesiz

İngilizce - İngilizce

namby-pamby teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı

One that is insipid, sentimental or weak

insipid and sentimental

Lacking vigor or decisiveness; spineless

an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental

too weak and gentle and not strict or tough enough (Name given to the English poet Ambrose Philips (1674-1749) to make fun of him)

weak in willpower

an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental weak in willpower

excessively sentimental, weak, lacking moral or emotional strength

İlgili Terimler

nambypamby

Talk or writing which is weakly sentimental or affectedly pretty

nambypamby

Affectedly pretty; weakly sentimental; finical; insipid

Heceleme

nam·by-pam·by

Eş anlamlılar

baby, caitiff, chicken, chicken heart, chicken liver, coward, cry-baby, fraidy-cat, jellyfish, lily liver, milksop, momma’s boy, pantywaist, quitter, scaredy cat

Etimoloji

[ "nam-bE-'pam-bE ] (adjective.) 1745. Namby Pamby, nickname given to Ambrose Philips.