wishy-washy (redirected from wishy-washier)

wish·y-wash·y  (wsh-wsh, -wôsh)

adj. wish·y-wash·i·er, wish·y-wash·i·est Informal

1. Thin and watery, as tea or soup; insipid.

2. Lacking in strength of character or purpose; ineffective.

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[Reduplication of washy, thin, watery, from wash.]

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wishy-washi·ness n.

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wishy-washy [ˈwɪʃɪˌwɒʃɪ]

adj Informal

1. lacking in substance, force, colour, etc.

2. watery; thin

wishy-washily  adv

wishy-washiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

wishy-washy - weak in willpower, courage or vitality namby-pamby, spineless, gutless weak - wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar"

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wishy-washy

adjective

1. feeble, weak, bland, ineffective, ineffectual, insipid, vapid, jejune I can't stand indecisive, wishy-washy men.

2. pale, bland, wan, pallid, insipid She always dresses in wishy-washy pastel colours.

Translations

wishy-washy [ˈwɪʃɪˌwɒʃɪ] ADJ [colour] → soso; [beer] → insípido; [answer, solution] → a medias; [thinking, ideas] → vago; [person] → sin carácter

wishy-washy [ˌwɪʃiˈwɒʃi] adj [person] → sans consistance; [ideas, thinking] → sans consistance

wishy-washy

adj coffee, soup → labberig, wässrig; person, character → saft- und kraftlos, farblos, lasch; colour → verwaschen; argument → schwach (inf); report, story → ungenau, wachsweich, wischiwaschi (inf)

wishy-washy [ˈwɪʃɪˌwɒʃɪ] adj (fam) (colour) → slavato/a; (person, argument, ideas) → insulso/a