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Antonyms for weak-kneed

Grammar : Adj
Spell : week-need
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwikˈnid


Definition of weak-kneed

  • As in indecisive : adj uncertain, indefinite
  • As in irresolute : adj indecisive
  • As in meek : adj shy; compliant
  • As in slaphappy : adj dazed
  • As in spineless : adj cowardly
  • As in thin : adj deficient, weak
  • As in weak : adj cowardly
  • As in weak-minded : adj indecisive
  • As in wishy-washy : adj bland, dull
  • As in woozy : adj dizzy
  • As in weak-willed : adj easily swayed
  • As in reeling : adj dizzy
  • As in cowardly : adj fearful
  • As in craven : adj weak, timid
  • As in dizzy : adj light-headed, confused
  • As in docile : adj compliant, submissive
  • As in fearful : adj alarmed, apprehensive
Example sentences :
  • The sheep were to be washed and sheared, too, and the awkward, weak-kneed calves to be fed.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Mrs. Calvert's good nature was not the good nature of the faint-hearted or weak-kneed.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
  • It was Drury Boldin, weak-kneed and putty-faced, who went hunting now.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • Up until she'd slapped me, I'd been weak-kneed and dry-mouthed with what I had to do.
  • Extract from : « Lone Star Planet » by Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
  • If he is weak-kneed in a crisis, his followers will be weak-kneed.
  • Extract from : « Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea » by Charles H. L. Johnston
  • The weak-kneed wastrel, receiving to his astonishment a shilling, departed.
  • Extract from : « Tommy and Co. » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • The weak-kneed wastrel let fall the box with a thud upon the floor.
  • Extract from : « Tommy and Co. » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • One glance at her, and both Hurstwood and Drouet saw plainly that she also was weak-kneed.
  • Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser
  • Tom, you know how to brace a weak-kneed fellow up all right.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts of Lenox » by Frank V. Webster
  • Strike for the enforcement of the weak-kneed mining law, and for a better one!
  • Extract from : « Mountain » by Clement Wood

Synonyms for weak-kneed

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