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washy
(encz) | washy,mdlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Washy
(gcide) | Washy \Wash"y\, a. [From Wash.]
1. Watery; damp; soft. "Washy ooze." --Milton.
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2. Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble;
as, washy tea; washy resolutions.
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A polish . . . not over thin and washy. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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3. Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor;
as, a washy horse. [Local, U. S.]
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washy
(wn) | washy
adj 1: overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery
milk"; "weak tea" [syn: watery, washy, weak]
2: having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached
deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue";
"washy colors" [syn: bleached, faded, washed-out,
washy] |
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wishy-washy
(encz) | wishy-washy,nemastný neslaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bleached faded washed-out washy
(gcide) | Colorless \Col"or*less\, a.
1. Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent;
as, colorless water; a colorless gas.
Note: [Narrower terms: {ashen, bloodless, livid, lurid, pale,
pallid, pasty, wan, waxen}; neutral; white] [Also
See: achromatic, colorless.]
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2. Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar
sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes,
prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style;
definitions should be colorless.
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3. having lost its normal color.
Note: [Narrower terms: {blanched, etiolate, etiolated,
whitened}; bleached, faded, washed-out, washy;
dimmed, dulled, grayed; dirty; {dull, sober,
somber, subfusc}] colored
Syn: colorless, uncolored, uncoloured.
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Swashy
(gcide) | Swashy \Swash"y\, a.
Soft, like fruit that is too ripe; quashy; swash. [Prov.
Eng.]
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Washy
(gcide) | Washy \Wash"y\, a. [From Wash.]
1. Watery; damp; soft. "Washy ooze." --Milton.
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2. Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble;
as, washy tea; washy resolutions.
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A polish . . . not over thin and washy. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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3. Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor;
as, a washy horse. [Local, U. S.]
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Wishy-washy
(gcide) | 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.
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A weak wishy-washy man who had hardly any mind of his
own. --A. Trollope.
[1913 Webster]Wishy-washy \Wish"y-wash`y\, n.
A weak or thin drink or liquor; wish-wash.
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wishy-washy
(wn) | wishy-washy
adj 1: weak in willpower, courage or vitality [syn: {namby-
pamby}, gutless, spineless, wishy-washy] |
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