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synonyms for weak-kneed
- dastardly
- afraid
- anxious
- apprehensive
- backward
- base
- chicken-hearted
- cowering
- cowhearted
- craven
- diffident
- dismayed
- fainthearted
- frightened
- gutless
- having the willies
- jittery
- lacking courage
- lily-livered
- nervous
- no guts
- panicky
- pigeonhearted
- pusillanimous
- recreant
- retiring
- running scared
- scared
- shrinking
- shy
- soft
- spineless
- timid
- timorous
- weak
- worthless
- yellow
- yellow-bellied
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How to use weak-kneed in a sentence
These statements are neither radical nor weak-kneed, as Republican questions would lead you to believe.
Hagel’s Confirmation Hearings Contentious and Partisan | John Avlon | February 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAs these weak-kneed leaders came under pressure for their practices and products, they turned psychologically inward.
Mrs. Tyler issued a statement branding Clarke as a “weak-kneed quitter,” and repudiating him entirely.
The Modern Ku Klux Klan | Henry Peck Fry
Relieved and rather weak-kneed at the imminent danger, Burt looked around for his chum.
The Blind Lion of the Congo | Elliott WhitneyIt is horrible always to have none but such weak-kneed old men at table with us.
Quintus Claudius, Volume 2 of 2 | Ernst EcksteinAnd weak-kneed Republicans, after having fought such a glorious battle, surrendered; they could not stand the taunt.
The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) | Ida Husted HarperHe soon turned the tide, strengthened the weak-kneed Republicans and abolitionists, and secured a large Democratic vote.
Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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