Definition of weak-kneed in English:

weak-kneed

adjective

1Weak and shaky as a result of fear or excitement.
she still felt weak-kneed whenever he came towards her
Example sentencesExamples
- His eyes met mine and I felt curiously light-headed and weak-kneed. I tore my eyes away with an effort, trying not to think about him.
- Adam opened the door for Maria and helped her out of the car, putting a steadying arm around her waist since, between sleeping pills and vomiting, she was still a little queasy and weak-kneed.
- Exercise seemed to help the nausea, although I was weak-kneed with hunger, cold, and probably fear.
- It wasn't exertion that left him weak-kneed and trembling, but rather the gut-wrenching horror of Joe's scream and his pleas for mercy.
- The target audience will instead be those red-blooded men who go weak-kneed when they see a sweaty woman astride a horse, dressed in leather and wielding a battle axe.
- He said he had a stomachache and felt weak-kneed.
- Curiously weak-kneed and breathless, I climb onto the trackside and check my time: 74.16 seconds.
- Diane clutched my hand and looked at me with a hunger in her eyes, a come-hither look that always made me feel weak-kneed and helpless, like putty in her hands.
- He often prepared dishes that he and Becky had discovered in their nomadic hippie days in Mexico, and I still get weak-kneed just thinking of his roasted Coca-Cola chicken with hominy and his boiled yucca with olive oil and sea salt.
- Women went weak-kneed at the sight of him; soon after the film opened, he received 3,000 proposals of marriage in a week.
- Hereabouts ewes wander at will followed by their weak-kneed, painfully innocent lambs, the majority just days old.
Synonyms
faint, dizzy, light-headed, giddy
1. 1.1 Lacking in resolve or courage; cowardly.
  no one could say that our news programmes have been weak-kneed in their coverage
  the other two, a couple of weak-kneed cowards, had run off
  Example sentencesExamples
  So prevalent are the warbloggers that they now have awards, just like the weak-kneed Hollywood liberals most of them despise.
  Despite past criticism for being weak-kneed and soft on dictators, the ex-President has advocated persevering in negotiations even with those nations Washington views as hostile.
  Drastic cuts call for drastic counter-measures, not weak-kneed objections and compromises.
  Liberals were seen as weak-kneed wimps, unwilling to use force internationally and preoccupied with social welfare internally; local patriotisms prevailed everywhere.
  This would mean engaging in debate about the value of science - challenging the government's weak-kneed science curriculum, for example - rather than running and complaining to Ofsted about one particular school.
  To put this another way, the instinctive worry about such things as patenting the gene pool or privatizing the air does not come solely from nostalgia or a weak-kneed fear of change.
  They do want to destroy each other, but they share the higher priority of defeating the weak-kneed people on either side who would sell out their grand ambitions for total victory.
  The weak-kneed do-gooders who apparently run this country have a lot to answer for.
  If this movie makes you think that much, then you're too weak-kneed to vote.
  He wants to be just anti-war enough to appeal to anti-war Democrats but just pro-war enough that he doesn't come across as weak-kneed.
  Which is why we will, along with other weak-kneed pacifist nations, likely pay for the lack of moral fiber of our own politicians.
  It's more important to keep law and order in this society than to be worried about weak-kneed people who don't like the look of helmets.
  But weak-kneed nations that tried to make deals with terrorists were repeating the mistakes of the nations that tried to appease Hitler in the 1930s.
  The mere thought of this weak-kneed party getting into power sends shudders down my spine.
  Cardiff's weak-kneed Liberals are trembling in case anyone finds out.
  Not all governments make weak-kneed concessions to guarantee fuel supplies.
  Randall Parker has a post suggesting that the President's weak-kneed attitude to illegal immigration is losing him conservative votes without gaining him any Latino votes.
  In the words of the newspapers, he ‘got away with it’, largely thanks to the pathetic weak-kneed state of the opposition within and without the Labour Party.
  Synonyms
  irresolute, spineless, craven, cowardly, pusillanimous, timorous, timid, indecisive, ineffectual, useless, inept, effete, meek, tame, powerless, ineffective, impotent, namby-pamby, soft, lily-livered, faint-hearted

Rhymes

accede, bead, Bede, bleed, breed, cede, concede, creed, deed, Eid, exceed, feed, Gide, God speed, greed, he'd, heed, impede, interbreed, intercede, Jamshid, knead, lead, mead, Mede, meed, misdeed, mislead, misread, need, plead, proceed, read, rede, reed, Reid, retrocede, screed, secede, seed, she'd, speed, stampede, steed, succeed, supersede, Swede, tweed, we'd, weed

Definition of weak-kneed in US English:

weak-kneed

adjectiveˌwēkˈnēdˌwikˈnid

1Weak and shaky as a result of fear or excitement.
she still felt weak-kneed whenever he came towards her
Example sentencesExamples
- Curiously weak-kneed and breathless, I climb onto the trackside and check my time: 74.16 seconds.
- It wasn't exertion that left him weak-kneed and trembling, but rather the gut-wrenching horror of Joe's scream and his pleas for mercy.
- He often prepared dishes that he and Becky had discovered in their nomadic hippie days in Mexico, and I still get weak-kneed just thinking of his roasted Coca-Cola chicken with hominy and his boiled yucca with olive oil and sea salt.
- Exercise seemed to help the nausea, although I was weak-kneed with hunger, cold, and probably fear.
- Women went weak-kneed at the sight of him; soon after the film opened, he received 3,000 proposals of marriage in a week.
- His eyes met mine and I felt curiously light-headed and weak-kneed. I tore my eyes away with an effort, trying not to think about him.
- Hereabouts ewes wander at will followed by their weak-kneed, painfully innocent lambs, the majority just days old.
- The target audience will instead be those red-blooded men who go weak-kneed when they see a sweaty woman astride a horse, dressed in leather and wielding a battle axe.
- Adam opened the door for Maria and helped her out of the car, putting a steadying arm around her waist since, between sleeping pills and vomiting, she was still a little queasy and weak-kneed.
- Diane clutched my hand and looked at me with a hunger in her eyes, a come-hither look that always made me feel weak-kneed and helpless, like putty in her hands.
- He said he had a stomachache and felt weak-kneed.
Synonyms
faint, dizzy, light-headed, giddy
1. 1.1 Lacking in resolve or courage; cowardly.
  no one could say that our news programs have been weak-kneed in their coverage
  the other two, a couple of weak-kneed cowards, had run off
  Example sentencesExamples
  Despite past criticism for being weak-kneed and soft on dictators, the ex-President has advocated persevering in negotiations even with those nations Washington views as hostile.
  In the words of the newspapers, he ‘got away with it’, largely thanks to the pathetic weak-kneed state of the opposition within and without the Labour Party.
  Liberals were seen as weak-kneed wimps, unwilling to use force internationally and preoccupied with social welfare internally; local patriotisms prevailed everywhere.
  This would mean engaging in debate about the value of science - challenging the government's weak-kneed science curriculum, for example - rather than running and complaining to Ofsted about one particular school.
  So prevalent are the warbloggers that they now have awards, just like the weak-kneed Hollywood liberals most of them despise.
  If this movie makes you think that much, then you're too weak-kneed to vote.
  They do want to destroy each other, but they share the higher priority of defeating the weak-kneed people on either side who would sell out their grand ambitions for total victory.
  To put this another way, the instinctive worry about such things as patenting the gene pool or privatizing the air does not come solely from nostalgia or a weak-kneed fear of change.
  The mere thought of this weak-kneed party getting into power sends shudders down my spine.
  Not all governments make weak-kneed concessions to guarantee fuel supplies.
  Cardiff's weak-kneed Liberals are trembling in case anyone finds out.
  The weak-kneed do-gooders who apparently run this country have a lot to answer for.
  It's more important to keep law and order in this society than to be worried about weak-kneed people who don't like the look of helmets.
  Drastic cuts call for drastic counter-measures, not weak-kneed objections and compromises.
  Which is why we will, along with other weak-kneed pacifist nations, likely pay for the lack of moral fiber of our own politicians.
  But weak-kneed nations that tried to make deals with terrorists were repeating the mistakes of the nations that tried to appease Hitler in the 1930s.
  Randall Parker has a post suggesting that the President's weak-kneed attitude to illegal immigration is losing him conservative votes without gaining him any Latino votes.
  He wants to be just anti-war enough to appeal to anti-war Democrats but just pro-war enough that he doesn't come across as weak-kneed.
  Synonyms
  irresolute, spineless, craven, cowardly, pusillanimous, timorous, timid, indecisive, ineffectual, useless, inept, effete, meek, tame, powerless, ineffective, impotent, namby-pamby, soft, lily-livered, faint-hearted

单词	weak-kneed
释义	Definition of weak-kneed in English: weak-kneed adjective 1Weak and shaky as a result of fear or excitement. she still felt weak-kneed whenever he came towards her Example sentencesExamples His eyes met mine and I felt curiously light-headed and weak-kneed. I tore my eyes away with an effort, trying not to think about him. Adam opened the door for Maria and helped her out of the car, putting a steadying arm around her waist since, between sleeping pills and vomiting, she was still a little queasy and weak-kneed. Exercise seemed to help the nausea, although I was weak-kneed with hunger, cold, and probably fear. It wasn't exertion that left him weak-kneed and trembling, but rather the gut-wrenching horror of Joe's scream and his pleas for mercy. The target audience will instead be those red-blooded men who go weak-kneed when they see a sweaty woman astride a horse, dressed in leather and wielding a battle axe. He said he had a stomachache and felt weak-kneed. Curiously weak-kneed and breathless, I climb onto the trackside and check my time: 74.16 seconds. Diane clutched my hand and looked at me with a hunger in her eyes, a come-hither look that always made me feel weak-kneed and helpless, like putty in her hands. He often prepared dishes that he and Becky had discovered in their nomadic hippie days in Mexico, and I still get weak-kneed just thinking of his roasted Coca-Cola chicken with hominy and his boiled yucca with olive oil and sea salt. Women went weak-kneed at the sight of him; soon after the film opened, he received 3,000 proposals of marriage in a week. Hereabouts ewes wander at will followed by their weak-kneed, painfully innocent lambs, the majority just days old. Synonyms faint, dizzy, light-headed, giddy 1.1 Lacking in resolve or courage; cowardly. no one could say that our news programmes have been weak-kneed in their coverage the other two, a couple of weak-kneed cowards, had run off Example sentencesExamples So prevalent are the warbloggers that they now have awards, just like the weak-kneed Hollywood liberals most of them despise. Despite past criticism for being weak-kneed and soft on dictators, the ex-President has advocated persevering in negotiations even with those nations Washington views as hostile. Drastic cuts call for drastic counter-measures, not weak-kneed objections and compromises. Liberals were seen as weak-kneed wimps, unwilling to use force internationally and preoccupied with social welfare internally; local patriotisms prevailed everywhere. This would mean engaging in debate about the value of science - challenging the government's weak-kneed science curriculum, for example - rather than running and complaining to Ofsted about one particular school. To put this another way, the instinctive worry about such things as patenting the gene pool or privatizing the air does not come solely from nostalgia or a weak-kneed fear of change. They do want to destroy each other, but they share the higher priority of defeating the weak-kneed people on either side who would sell out their grand ambitions for total victory. The weak-kneed do-gooders who apparently run this country have a lot to answer for. If this movie makes you think that much, then you're too weak-kneed to vote. He wants to be just anti-war enough to appeal to anti-war Democrats but just pro-war enough that he doesn't come across as weak-kneed. Which is why we will, along with other weak-kneed pacifist nations, likely pay for the lack of moral fiber of our own politicians. It's more important to keep law and order in this society than to be worried about weak-kneed people who don't like the look of helmets. But weak-kneed nations that tried to make deals with terrorists were repeating the mistakes of the nations that tried to appease Hitler in the 1930s. The mere thought of this weak-kneed party getting into power sends shudders down my spine. Cardiff's weak-kneed Liberals are trembling in case anyone finds out. Not all governments make weak-kneed concessions to guarantee fuel supplies. Randall Parker has a post suggesting that the President's weak-kneed attitude to illegal immigration is losing him conservative votes without gaining him any Latino votes. In the words of the newspapers, he ‘got away with it’, largely thanks to the pathetic weak-kneed state of the opposition within and without the Labour Party. Synonyms irresolute, spineless, craven, cowardly, pusillanimous, timorous, timid, indecisive, ineffectual, useless, inept, effete, meek, tame, powerless, ineffective, impotent, namby-pamby, soft, lily-livered, faint-hearted Rhymes accede, bead, Bede, bleed, breed, cede, concede, creed, deed, Eid, exceed, feed, Gide, God speed, greed, he'd, heed, impede, interbreed, intercede, Jamshid, knead, lead, mead, Mede, meed, misdeed, mislead, misread, need, plead, proceed, read, rede, reed, Reid, retrocede, screed, secede, seed, she'd, speed, stampede, steed, succeed, supersede, Swede, tweed, we'd, weed Definition of weak-kneed in US English: weak-kneed adjectiveˌwēkˈnēdˌwikˈnid 1Weak and shaky as a result of fear or excitement. she still felt weak-kneed whenever he came towards her Example sentencesExamples Curiously weak-kneed and breathless, I climb onto the trackside and check my time: 74.16 seconds. It wasn't exertion that left him weak-kneed and trembling, but rather the gut-wrenching horror of Joe's scream and his pleas for mercy. He often prepared dishes that he and Becky had discovered in their nomadic hippie days in Mexico, and I still get weak-kneed just thinking of his roasted Coca-Cola chicken with hominy and his boiled yucca with olive oil and sea salt. Exercise seemed to help the nausea, although I was weak-kneed with hunger, cold, and probably fear. Women went weak-kneed at the sight of him; soon after the film opened, he received 3,000 proposals of marriage in a week. His eyes met mine and I felt curiously light-headed and weak-kneed. I tore my eyes away with an effort, trying not to think about him. Hereabouts ewes wander at will followed by their weak-kneed, painfully innocent lambs, the majority just days old. The target audience will instead be those red-blooded men who go weak-kneed when they see a sweaty woman astride a horse, dressed in leather and wielding a battle axe. Adam opened the door for Maria and helped her out of the car, putting a steadying arm around her waist since, between sleeping pills and vomiting, she was still a little queasy and weak-kneed. Diane clutched my hand and looked at me with a hunger in her eyes, a come-hither look that always made me feel weak-kneed and helpless, like putty in her hands. He said he had a stomachache and felt weak-kneed. Synonyms faint, dizzy, light-headed, giddy 1.1 Lacking in resolve or courage; cowardly. no one could say that our news programs have been weak-kneed in their coverage the other two, a couple of weak-kneed cowards, had run off Example sentencesExamples Despite past criticism for being weak-kneed and soft on dictators, the ex-President has advocated persevering in negotiations even with those nations Washington views as hostile. In the words of the newspapers, he ‘got away with it’, largely thanks to the pathetic weak-kneed state of the opposition within and without the Labour Party. Liberals were seen as weak-kneed wimps, unwilling to use force internationally and preoccupied with social welfare internally; local patriotisms prevailed everywhere. This would mean engaging in debate about the value of science - challenging the government's weak-kneed science curriculum, for example - rather than running and complaining to Ofsted about one particular school. So prevalent are the warbloggers that they now have awards, just like the weak-kneed Hollywood liberals most of them despise. If this movie makes you think that much, then you're too weak-kneed to vote. They do want to destroy each other, but they share the higher priority of defeating the weak-kneed people on either side who would sell out their grand ambitions for total victory. To put this another way, the instinctive worry about such things as patenting the gene pool or privatizing the air does not come solely from nostalgia or a weak-kneed fear of change. The mere thought of this weak-kneed party getting into power sends shudders down my spine. Not all governments make weak-kneed concessions to guarantee fuel supplies. Cardiff's weak-kneed Liberals are trembling in case anyone finds out. The weak-kneed do-gooders who apparently run this country have a lot to answer for. It's more important to keep law and order in this society than to be worried about weak-kneed people who don't like the look of helmets. Drastic cuts call for drastic counter-measures, not weak-kneed objections and compromises. Which is why we will, along with other weak-kneed pacifist nations, likely pay for the lack of moral fiber of our own politicians. But weak-kneed nations that tried to make deals with terrorists were repeating the mistakes of the nations that tried to appease Hitler in the 1930s. Randall Parker has a post suggesting that the President's weak-kneed attitude to illegal immigration is losing him conservative votes without gaining him any Latino votes. He wants to be just anti-war enough to appeal to anti-war Democrats but just pro-war enough that he doesn't come across as weak-kneed. Synonyms irresolute, spineless, craven, cowardly, pusillanimous, timorous, timid, indecisive, ineffectual, useless, inept, effete, meek, tame, powerless, ineffective, impotent, namby-pamby, soft, lily-livered, faint-hearted
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