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namby-pamby: an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental; weak in willpower, courage or vitality

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Related Words:

sob story collapse: a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress; designed to arouse sympathy

tearjerker collapse: an excessively sentimental narrative

sweetness and light collapse: a mild reasonableness; "when he learned who I was he became all sweetness and light"

mushiness collapse: a mushy pulpy softness

bathos collapse: triteness or triviality of style

nostalgia collapse: longing for something past

sentimentality collapse: extravagant or affected feeling or emotion

romanticism collapse: impractical romantic ideals and attitudes; an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure); a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization; "Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality"

bleeding heart collapse: someone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivileged; garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers

tear jerking collapse

goo collapse

schmaltzy collapse

euphemistic collapse: of an inoffensive substitute for offensive terminology; "`peepee' is a common euphemistic term"

simpering collapse

fair to middling collapse

nostalgic collapse

softy collapse: a person who is weak and excessively sentimental

crybaby collapse

jerry built collapse

teary collapse: with eyes full of tears

mincing collapse

so so collapse

pantywaist collapse

betwixt and between collapse

frangible collapse: capable of being broken; "the museum stored all frangible articles in locked showcases"

breakable collapse: an article that is fragile and easily broken; "pack the breakables separately"; capable of being broken or damaged; "earthenware pottery is breakable"; "breakable articles should be packed carefully"

doormat collapse: a mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering

overnice collapse

formalistic collapse: concerned with or characterized by rigorous or adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art); "highly formalized plays like `Waiting for Godot'"

crumbly collapse: apt to break into small fragments or disintegrate; "crumbly cookies"

mawkish collapse

beery collapse: smelling of beer

slush collapse: partially melted snow

Milquetoast collapse

middling collapse: any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)

tolerable collapse: capable of being borne or endured; "the climate is at least tolerable"

pansy collapse: large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors

passable collapse: able to be passed or traversed or crossed; "the road is passable"

womanish collapse: having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men; "womanish tears"

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