Translations for „namby-pamby“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

nam·by-pam·by [ˌnæmbiˈpæmbi] ADJ attr pej inf

namby-pamby (foolish)

trapast

namby-pamby (foolish)

bedast

namby-pamby (weak) person

mehkužen

namby-pamby (weak) person

mevžast

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Self-employed, un-unionised, unsupported by any namby-pamby arts grant, he has got on his bike and got a gig.

www.chortle.co.uk

The term namby-pamby, meaning something that is excessively sentimental, comes from his name.

en.wikipedia.org

He was the opposite of a conciliatory, namby-pamby ecclesiastic.

www.theage.com.au

And there were no namby-pamby sentences then.

www.expressandstar.com

No helmet, no grill, no namby-pamby; just a man with courage, wits and a bat.

www.theroar.com.au

And unlike in many "real sports" nowadays, there's none of this namby-pamby everyone's-a-winner nonsense.

news.nationalpost.com

Critics generally view positive thinking as namby-pamby nonsense.

ideas.time.com

The message was that movies with real men in them could dispense with namby-pamby fonts.

www.thehindu.com

That might sound a little... namby-pamby.

www.fastcompany.com

It was scarily efficient, catchy and accessible, without being namby-pamby or soft.

www.houstonpress.com