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[ wish-ee-wosh-ee, -waw-shee ] / ˈwɪʃ iˌwɒʃ i, -ˌwɔ ʃi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR wishy-washy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivelacking in decisiveness; without strength or character; irresolute. washy or watery, as a liquid; thin and weak. Origin of wishy-washyFirst recorded in 1685–95; gradational compound based on washy OTHER WORDS FROM wishy-washywish·y-wash·i·ly, adverbwish·y-wash·i·ness, nounWords nearby wishy-washywishing well, wish list, wish on, wisht, wish-wash, wishy-washy, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, Wisła, Wislany Zalew, Wismar, wisp Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wishy-washyBut his Republican party in Washington considers this conservative too wishy-washy to be prime GOP material. Nevada Guv Faces Fans and Foes in Reelection|Lloyd Green|March 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Were his wishy-washy answers in the debate merely an attempt to fool the center into voting for an Islamist candidate? Egyptian Elections: There Is No Clear Frontrunner in a Crowded Field|Mahmoud Salem|May 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST He is like an over-shot mill, one everlastin' wishy-washy stream.' The Attache|Thomas Chandler Haliburton I should think that Mr. Reed would have about as much respect for a namby-pamby novel as he has for a wishy-washy politician. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893|Various
They have stimulated me so far to produce two lectures of wishy-washy generalities. The Letters of William James, Vol. II|William James Lotties reputation is in danger—she must be saved—no wishy-washy work now. The White Rose of Memphis|William C. Falkner Well, the whole trick consists in pilfering his originality, and dishing it up with the wishy-washy sauce of the School of Arts! His Masterpiece|Emile Zola
British Dictionary definitions for wishy-washy
adjective informallacking in substance, force, colour, etc watery; thin Derived forms of wishy-washywishy-washily, adverbwishy-washiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to wishy-washyindecisive, banal, cowardly, enervated, feeble, flat, flavorless, ineffective, ineffectual, insipid, irresolute, jejune, languid, listless, mediocre, namby-pamby, spiritless, tasteless, thin, vacillating |