- weak-kneed adj
- [ˌwiːk'niːd]
fig debole, codardo (-a)
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
weak-kneed adj
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weak-kneed — adj informal lacking courage and unable to make your own decisions … Dictionary of contemporary English
weak-kneed — weak′ kneed′ adj. yielding readily to opposition, pressure, intimidation, etc • Etymology: 1860–65 … From formal English to slang
weak-kneed — ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as weak kneed, you mean that they are unable or unwilling to do anything because they are influenced by a strong emotion such as fear. [INFORMAL] He would need all his authority to keep the weak kneed volunteers … English dictionary
weak-kneed — [wēknēd΄] adj. 1. having weak knees 2. lacking in courage, determination, resistance, etc … English World dictionary
weak-kneed — weak kneedly, adv. weak kneedness, n. /week need /, adj. yielding readily to opposition, pressure, intimidation, etc. [1860 65] * * * … Universalium
weak — adj. 1 deficient in strength, power, or number; fragile; easily broken or bent or defeated. 2 deficient in vigour; sickly, feeble (weak health; a weak imagination). 3 a deficient in resolution; easily led (a weak character). b (of an action or… … Useful english dictionary
weak — adj 1. frail, fragile, breakable, delicate; unstable, unsteady, unsubstantial; flimsy, jerry built, gimcrack, rickety, ramshackle, dilapidated, falling apart or down, tumble down, decayed, rotten. 2. feeble, puny, nonmuscular, nonathletic,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
weak-minded — [adj] indecisive astraddle, changeable, hemming and hawing*, hesitant, hesitating, indeterminate, irresolute, on the fence*, spineless, tentative, uncertain, undecided, undetermined, waffling, wavering, weak kneed*, wishy washy*, without guts*,… … New thesaurus
weak-minded — adj pliable, faint hearted, irresolute, persuasible, submissive, compliant, weak kneed, persuadable FORMAL complaisant, pusillanimous COLLOQ. spineless ≠ strong willed … Useful english dictionary
weak — /week/, adj., weaker, weakest. 1. not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor. 2. lacking in bodily strength or healthy vigor, as from age or sickness; feeble;… … Universalium
weak — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. feeble (see weakness); faulty, unsatisfactory; uncertain, unsure, irresolute; watery, diluted, attenuated; faint, soft. See imperfection, uncertainty, cowardice, changeableness, softness. II (Roget… … English dictionary for students
