wishy washy

wishy washy
Synonyms and related words:
adrift, afloat, alternating, amorphous, banal, betwixt and between, bland, capricious, changeable, changeful, dead, desultory, deviable, dilute, diluted, dizzy, dull, eccentric, enervated, erratic, fade, fair, fair to middling, fairish, fast and loose, fickle, fitful, flat, flavorless, flickering, flighty, flitting, fluctuating, fowl, freakish, giddy, gruelly, halfhearted, impetuous, impulsive, inane, inconsistent, inconstant, indecisive, indifferent, infirm, infirm of purpose, infirm of will, insipid, irregular, irresolute, irresponsible, jejune, lackluster, languid, listless, mazy, mediocre, medium, mercurial, middling, mild, milk-and-water, milky, moderate, modest, moody, mushy, namby-pamby, neutral, of a kind, of a sort, of sorts, pantywaist, pappy, passable, pulpy, rambling, respectable, restless, roving, sapless, savorless, scatterbrained, shapeless, shifting, shifty, shuffling, so-so, spasmodic, spiceless, spineless, spiritless, stale, tasteless, tedious, thin, tolerable, unaccountable, uncertain, uncontrolled, undependable, undisciplined, unfixed, unflavored, unpredictable, unreliable, unrestrained, unsavory, unsettled, unstable, unstable as water, unstaid, unsteadfast, unsteady, vacillating, vagrant, vapid, variable, vicissitudinary, vicissitudinous, volatile, wandering, wanton, washy, watered, watered-down, waterish, watery, wavering, wavery, wavy, wayward, weak, whimsical

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  • Wishy-washy — Wish y wash y, a. [See {Wash}.] Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; originally said of liquids. Fig., weak minded; spiritless. [1913 Webster] A weak wishy washy man who had hardly any mind of his own. A. Trollope. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wishy-washy — [wish′ē wôsh΄ē] adj. [redupl. of WASHY] Informal 1. watery; insipid; thin 2. a) weak; feeble b) vacillating; indecisive wishy washily adv …   English World dictionary

  • wishy-washy — 1690s, feeble or poor in quality, reduplication of washy thin, watery (see WASH (Cf. wash)). Meaning vacillating first recorded 1873 …   Etymology dictionary

  • Wishy-washy — Wish y wash y, n. A weak or thin drink or liquor; wish wash. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wishy-washy — *insipid, vapid, flat, jejune, banal, inane Analogous words: spiritless, enervated, *languid, listless: *weak, feeble: diluted, attenuated, thinned (see THIN vb) Contrasted words: *spirited, high spirited, mettlesome, spunky, fiery, peppery,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • wishy-washy — [adj] bland, dull banal, characterless, cowardly, enervated, feeble, flat, flavorless, indecisive, ineffective, ineffectual, insipid, irresolute, jejune, languid, listless, mediocre, namby pamby*, sapless, spiritless, tasteless, thin, vacillating …   New thesaurus

  • wishy-washy — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a drink or soup) weak or thin. 2) feeble or insipid …   English terms dictionary

  • wishy-washy — wish|y wash|y [ˈwıʃi ˌwɔʃi US ˌwo:ʃi, ˌwa:ʃi] adj informal [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: washy thin, watery (16 20 centuries), from wash] 1.) someone who is wishy washy does not have firm or clear ideas and seems unable to decide what they want used… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • wishy-washy — adjective Etymology: reduplication of washy Date: 1703 1. lacking in character or determination ; ineffectual < wishy washy leadership > 2. lacking in strength or flavor ; weak < wishy washy wines > • wishy washiness …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • wishy-washy — adjective informal 1 a wishy washy person does not have firm or clear ideas and seems unable to decide what they want: a bunch of wishy washy liberals 2 colours that are wishy washy are pale, not strong or dark …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • wishy-washy — adjective 1) he s so wishy washy Syn: feeble, ineffectual, weak, vapid, effete, gutless, spineless, limp, namby pamby, spiritless, indecisive, characterless; pathetic Ant: strong …   Thesaurus of popular words

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