watery

watery
Synonyms and related words:
Lenten, Spartan, abstemious, airy, anemic, aquatic, aqueous, ascetic, attenuate, attenuated, austere, banal, bland, bloodless, boyish, changeable, dead, delicate, diaphanous, dilute, diluted, dwarfed, dwarfish, ethereal, excretory, exiguous, fade, fine, fine-drawn, finespun, flat, flavorless, flimsy, flowing, fluent, fluid, fluidal, fluidic, fluxible, fluxile, fluxional, fluxionary, frail, frugal, gauzy, girlish, gossamer, gracile, gruelly, halfhearted, hydrated, hydraulic, hydrous, impoverished, inane, indecisive, indifferent, infirm of purpose, infirm of will, insipid, insubstantial, irresolute, jejune, juicy, lachrymal, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteal, lacteous, lacy, lean, light, limited, liquid, liquidy, meager, mean, mild, milk-and-water, milky, miserly, misty, mushy, namby-pamby, narrow, neutral, niggardly, pallid, paltry, papery, pappy, parsimonious, plashy, poor, pulpy, puny, rare, rarefied, rheumy, runny, salivant, salivary, salivous, sapless, sappy, savorless, scant, scanty, scrawny, scrimp, scrimpy, secretional, secretive, secretory, seminal, serous, sialagogic, skimp, skimpy, slender, slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky, sloppy, small, spare, sparing, spermatic, spiceless, splashy, stale, starvation, stingy, stinted, straitened, stunted, subsistence, subtle, succulent, svelte, swashy, sylphlike, tasteless, tenuous, thin, thin-bodied, thin-set, thin-spun, thinnish, threadlike, unflavored, unnourishing, unnutritious, unsavory, vague, vapid, washy, wasp-waisted, watered, watered-down, watering, waterish, weak, willowy, wiredrawn, wishy-washy, wispy

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  • Watery — Wa ter*y, a. [AS. w[ae]terig.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water. The watery god. Dryden. Fish within their watery residence. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful. [1913 Webster] 3.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • watery — [wôt′ərē] adj. 1. of or like water 2. containing or full of water; moist 3. thin; diluted [watery tea] 4. tearful; weeping 5. in or consisting of water [a watery grave] 6. weak; insipid …   English World dictionary

  • watery — O.E. wæterig; see WATER (Cf. water) (n.1) + Y (Cf. y) (2) …   Etymology dictionary

  • watery — [adj] liquid, diluted adulterated, anemic, aqueous, bloodless, colorless, damp, dilute, doused, flavorless, fluid, humid, insipid, marshy, moist, pale, runny, serous, sodden, soggy, tasteless, thin, washed, watered down, waterlike, water logged,… …   New thesaurus

  • watery — ► ADJECTIVE 1) consisting of, containing, or resembling water. 2) (of food or drink) thin or tasteless as a result of containing too much water. 3) weak or pale …   English terms dictionary

  • watery — waterily, adv. wateriness, n. /waw teuh ree, wot euh /, adj. 1. pertaining to or connected with water: watery Neptune. 2. full of or abounding in water, as soil or a region; soggy; boggy. 3. containing much or too much water: a watery paste; a… …   Universalium

  • watery — [[t]wɔ͟ːtəri[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Something that is watery is weak or pale. A watery light began to show through the branches... Martha managed to produce a dim, watery smile. Syn: feeble 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you… …   English dictionary

  • watery — wa|ter|y [ˈwo:təri US ˈwo: , ˈwa: ] adj 1.) full of water or relating to water ▪ Her eyes were red and watery from crying. ▪ Snakes lay eggs in a watery environment. 2.) very weak or pale ▪ a watery sun ▪ She gave him a watery smile . 3.) watery… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • watery — adjective Date: before 12th century 1. a. consisting of, filled with, or surrounded by water b. containing, sodden with, or yielding water or a thin liquid < a watery solution > < watery vesicles > 2. a. resembling water or watery matter… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • watery — adjective 1 weak and pale in colour: a watery sun 2 full of water: a watery fluid 3 related to water: Watery gurgles came from the tank. 4 watery food or drink contains too much water and does not taste good: watery soup 5 a watery grave literary …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • watery — /ˈwɔtəri / (say wawtuhree) adjective 1. relating to or connected with water: watery Neptune. 2. characterised by a lot of water, as soil, a region, etc. 3. containing much or too much water. 4. soft or soggy as a result of too much water or… …  

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