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wateriness

wateriness

5.6
Too much water in something that makes it thin and weak, for example soup or an idea
  • noun
  • /ˈwɔːtərɪnəs/
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  • The semantic similarity between 'rough sea' and 'Milky Way' in terms of 'wateriness' and the obstacle (in real life and in the legend explained above) and their dissimilarity (violence in the 'rough sea' and peacefulness in 'the river of heaven') are also foregrounded.

Examples

  • I do so love my brother beyond the bounds of the wateriness of baptismal complacencies.

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  • Signs of cold injury are wateriness, pitting on the outside, and accelerated decay.

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  • I find that the flavor it imparts more than offsets any possible wateriness.

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  • The wateriness of the soup made it difficult to eat without spilling.

  • After the heavy rain, the soil's wateriness caused it to become muddy and unmanageable.

  • The wateriness of the argument left many unconvinced of his point.

Synonyms

wetness
vswateriness
9 1.0

A state of being covered with liquid

emphasizes excessive thinness and also covers weak figurative ideas
washiness
vswateriness
8.1

A thin, watery quality that lacks strength or richness

focuses on thinness or excess liquid without implying poor quality
runniness
vswateriness
6.6

A thin, liquid texture that makes food flow easily

also applies to figurative thinness and excess liquid, not only physical flow
sogginess
vswateriness
2.9

A state of being very wet or full of water that often makes things soft

describes thin diluted excess rather than heavy saturated soaking

Antonyms

dryness
8 1.0

Lack of water or wetness in something

thickness
  • Specialized
3 4.0

How slowly a liquid flows, for example honey

How Watery

saturation
4 4.7
sogginess
2.9
wateriness
5.6
moistness
1 1.1
dampness
8 1.0
dryness
8 1.0

Surface Forms

wateriness singular
waterinesses plural

Morphology

wateriness = watery (transparent) = water + y + ness

Formed by adding the productive suffix '-ness' to the familiar adjective 'watery', yielding the noun denoting the quality of being watery.

Etymology

Wateriness comes from water and the ending -ness, so it means the 'state' of being 'like water'. That's why we use wateriness for sauces or soils that are thin and full of water, and for ideas or arguments that feel weak or thin.