Definitions for weak-kneed

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Spelling: [week-need]
IPA: /ˈwikˈnid/

Weak-Kneed is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 123 anagrams from letters in weak-kneed (-adeeekknw).

Definitions for weak-kneed

adjective

  1. yielding readily to opposition, pressure, intimidation, etc.

Origin of weak-kneed

First recorded in 1860-65

Examples for weak-kneed

If he is weak-kneed in a crisis, his followers will be weak-kneed.

One glance at her, and both Hurstwood and Drouet saw plainly that she also was weak-kneed.

The sheep were to be washed and sheared, too, and the awkward, weak-kneed calves to be fed.

The weak-kneed wastrel, receiving to his astonishment a shilling, departed.

These statements are neither radical nor weak-kneed, as Republican questions would lead you to believe.

Up until she'd slapped me, I'd been weak-kneed and dry-mouthed with what I had to do.

The weak-kneed wastrel let fall the box with a thud upon the floor.

Mrs. Calvert's good nature was not the good nature of the faint-hearted or weak-kneed.

It was Drury Boldin, weak-kneed and putty-faced, who went hunting now.

As these weak-kneed leaders came under pressure for their practices and products, they turned psychologically inward.

Word Value for weak-kneed
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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