† wish-washyadj.
Obsolete.
= wishy-washy adj.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [adjective]
wallowc897
smatchless?c1225
unsavoury?c1225
fresha1398
savourlessa1398
wearish1398
wershed1398
fond?c1430
unsavoured1435
palled1440
mildc1450
walsh1513
wallowish1548
dead1552
waterish1566
cold1585
flatten1594
seasonless1595
wersha1599
blown1600
flash1601
fatuous1608
tasteless1611
flat1617
insipid1620
ingustable1623
flashy1625
flatted1626
saltless1633
gustless1636
remiss1655
rheumatical1655
untasteable1656
vapid1656
exolete1657
distasted1662
vappous1673
insulse1676
toothless1679
mawkisha1697
intastable1701
waugh1703
impoignant1733
flavourless1736
instimulating1740
deadish1742
mawky1755
brineless1791
wishy-washy1791
keestless1802
shilpit1814
wish-washy1814
sapidless1821
silent1826
slushy1839
bland1878
spendsavour1879
wish-wash1896
dolled1917
spiceless1980
the world > food and drink > food > consistency of food > [adjective] > sloppy
waterya1425
lashc1440
washy1615
plashya1656
wish-washy1814
wish-wash1896
the world > food and drink > drink > types or qualities of beverage > [adjective] > watery
wishy-washy1791
wish-washy1814
wish-wash1896
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial
thin?c1225
lighta1413
superficiala1425
sleevelessc1450
frivolous1549
frothy1593
windy1593
shallow1594
airy1600
ghostlessa1603
sleazy1648
tenuious1656
wishy-washy1693
gauzy1774
lathery1803
wish-washy1814
tenuousa1817
toy1821
flimsy1827
airy-fairy1857
facile1857
feeblish1882
popcorn1973
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > vapid or insipid
pappy1597
watery1605
milk-and-water1753
vapid1758
unracy1782
swashy1796
washy1806
milk-and-waterish1807
wish-washy1814
insipid1845
1814 Sixteen & Sixty i. ii, in New Brit. Theatre II. 385 First he tuold I that losing a leg or a wing Were considered but wish-washy matters.
1816 W. Scott Let. 12 Nov. (1933) IV. 288 There are two tales..the first is wish-washy enough.
1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 9 60 None ever throve on the wish-washy draughts of the Muses.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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