1. Lacking courage or vitality
   "he was a yellow namby-pamby worm";
   - gutless, spineless, wishy-washy [informal]

1. An insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental
   "The critic dismissed the author as a namby-pamby, incapable of writing anything substantial"

Derived forms: namby-pambies

Type of: doormat, weakling, weed [UK, informal], wet [UK, informal], wuss, wussy [informal]

Encyclopedia: Namby-pamby