weak kneed
indecisive; not thorough
weak-kneed
Adjective
1. lacking will power or resolution; "the role of the dissenter is not for the weak-kneed"
(similar) irresolute
Weak-kneed
(a.)
Having weak knees; hence, easily yielding; wanting resolution.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
weak kneed
not strong in character, lacking will power Marvin yielded to temptation. He appears to be weak kneed.
weak kneed
Synonyms and related words:
abulic, afraid, chicken, chickenhearted, coward, cowardly, cowed, daunted, dismayed, double-minded, faint, fainthearted, faltering, fearful, feeble, feebleminded, frail, funking, funky, henhearted, infirm, intimidated, invertebrate, irresolute, lily-livered, milk-livered, milksoppish, milksoppy, mousy, overtimid, overtimorous, panic-prone, panicky, pigeonhearted, pliable, rabbity, sissified, sissy, soft, spineless, timid, timorous, uncertain, unmanly, unmanned, wavering, weak, weak-minded, weak-willed, weakhearted, white-livered, wobbly, yellow
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.