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💧 Watery or weak 🎨 Faded or pale
washy

washy

1 7.6
Weak in taste, like watered-down tea
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɔːʃi/
translation icon : aguado
  • Since this task is practically impossible, clarity seems doomed to be a comparatively wishy-washy concept.
  • wishy-washy

Examples

  • No more wishy-washy.

    Rise of the Guardians (2012)

  • OK, The wrong answer is a wishy washy, not concrete answer.

  • OK, The wrong answer is a wishy washy, not concrete answer.

  • His questions were a bit wishy-washy.

    Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

  • Conservative is too wishy-washy for old.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Yeah, they they're kind of wishy washy and what he actually said.

  • This wishy washy advice really doesn't help at all.

  • The soup was too washy, lacking any real flavor.

  • I poured the drink and realized it tasted quite washy and diluted.

  • Her analysis of the issue seemed washy and unfocused, making it hard to understand.

Synonyms

runny
vswashy
34 1.0

More liquid than normal so it flows or drips easily

also implies weak taste or lack of strength rather than only thin flow
bland
vswashy
23 2.0

Food that has a very weak taste and little or no strong flavor

also conveys thin watery quality rather than simply being uninteresting
weak
vswashy
22 1.3

Not strong in taste, thin and watery

highlights thin liquid quality as well as low flavor
watery
vswashy
10 1.0

Thin and weak because it has too much water

also describes lack of strength and flavor rather than only being diluted
aqueous
vswashy
5 6.8

Containing water or made with water, like a liquid mix

does not indicate weak taste or low strength, only water relation
liquidy
vswashy
1 4.0

Thin and watery, like a sauce or paint that does not stick

also implies poor taste or lack of strength rather than only texture
vapid
vswashy
8.2

Food or drink that has little taste

also suggests thinness and water dilution rather than only lack of taste

Antonyms

strong
∞ 1.0

Very concentrated in taste or effect

rich
73 3.0

Having a lot of fat or sugar so it feels heavy

How Strong

strong
∞ 1.0
full-bodied
4 4.7
mild
107 1.0
washy
1 7.6
weak
69 1.0
watery
10 1.0

Surface Forms

washy positive
washier comparative
washiest superlative

Morphology

washy = wash (transparent) = wash + y

The adjective is directly formed from 'wash' + the adjectival suffix '-y', yielding 'watery' or weak in flavour.

Etymology

The word washy comes from wash plus the ending -y, so you can think of it as 'watered down' or like something that has been washed with too much water. That is why a washy drink or soup tastes thin and weak.