watery (redirected from wateriest)

wa·ter·y  (wôt-r, wt-)

adj. wa·ter·i·er, wa·ter·i·est

1. Filled with, consisting of, or soaked with water; wet or soggy: watery soil.

2. Containing too much water; diluted: watery soup.

3. Suggestive of water, as in being thin, pale, or liquid: watery sunshine.

4. Lacking force or substance; weak or insipid: watery prose.

5. Secreting or discharging water or watery fluid, especially as a symptom of disease.

6. Accompanied by tears; tearful: a watery good-bye.

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water·i·ness n.

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watery [ˈwɔːtərɪ]

adj

1. relating to, consisting of, containing, or resembling water

2. discharging or secreting water or a water-like fluid a watery wound

3. tearful; weepy

4. insipid, thin, or weak

wateriness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	watery - filled with water; "watery soil" wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"
	2.	watery - wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears; "wiped his reeking neck" reeking wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"
	3.	watery - relating to or resembling or consisting of water; "a watery substance"; "a watery color" liquid - existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow; "water and milk and blood are liquid substances"
	4.	watery - overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea" washy, weak dilute, diluted - reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid"

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watery

adjective

1. pale, thin, weak, faint, feeble, washed-out, wan, colourless, anaemic, insipid, wishy-washy (informal) A watery light began to show through the branches.

2. diluted, thin, weak, dilute, watered-down, tasteless, runny, insipid, washy, adulterated, wishy-washy (informal), flavourless, waterish a plateful of watery cabbage soup
diluted industrial-strength (chiefly humorous) strong, concentrated, solid, thick, dense, fortified, condensed wet, damp, moist, soggy, humid, marshy, squelchy a wide watery sweep of marshland

3. liquid, fluid, aqueous, hydrous There was a watery discharge from her ear.

4. tearful, moist, weepy, lachrymose (formal), tear-filled, rheumy Emma's eyes were red and watery.

Translations

watery [ˈwɔːtərɪ] ADJ

1. (= like or containing water) [fluid, discharge, solution] → acuoso; [blood] → líquido; [paint, ink] → aguado

2. (pej) (= containing excessive water) [tea, soup] → aguado

3. (= producing water) [eyes] → lloroso

4. (= insipid) [smile] → tímido; [sun] → débil; [light] → desvaído, tenue

5. (= pale) [colour] → pálido, desvaído

6. (= relating to water) → acuático
to go to a watery grave (liter) → encontrar su lecho de muerte en el fondo del mar(liter)

watery [ˈwɔːtəri] adj

(= pale) [colour, light] → délavé(e)

(= weak, dilute) [coffee, soup] → aqueux/euse

(= containing water) [discharge] → aqueux/euse; [eye] → embué(e) de larmes

watery

adj (= weak) soup, beer, colour etc → wäss(e)rig; eye → tränend; (= pale) sky, sun → blass; all the sailors went to a watery grave → alle Seeleute fanden ihr Grab in den Wellen

watery [ˈwɔːt/ərɪ] adj (tea, soup) → acquoso/a; (coffee) → lungo/a; (pale, sun, colour) → slavato/a, pallido/a; (eyes) → umido/a
to go to a watery grave → perire tra i flutti

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watery [ˈwɔːt/ərɪ] adj (tea, soup) → acquoso/a; (coffee) → lungo/a; (pale, sun, colour) → slavato/a, pallido/a; (eyes) → umido/a
to go to a watery grave → perire tra i flutti