adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Watery; diluted: washy tea.
2. Lacking strength or intensity: a washy handshake; washy prose.

washiness wash'i·ness n.

adjective

1. Lower than normal in strength or concentration due to admixture: dilute, thin, watered-down, waterish, watery, weak. See strong/weak.
2. Lacking the qualities requisite for spiritedness and originality: bland, innocuous, insipid, jejune, namby-pamby, vapid, waterish, watery. Informal wishy-washy. See excite/bore/interest, good/bad.

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: lacking strength or vigor

Meaning #2: overly diluted; thin and insipid
  Synonyms: watery, weak

Meaning #3: having lost freshness or brilliance of color
  Synonyms: bleached, faded, washed-out

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - udvandet, vandet, tynd, svag, bleg

Nederlands (Dutch)
waterig, zwak, bleekjes

Français (French)
adj. - délavé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - wäßrig, verwaschen, schwach

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - νερουλός, ξεπλυμένος, ξεθωριασμένος, άτονος, ανούσιος, αδύνατος, σαχλός

Italiano (Italian)
insipido

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ralo, fraco

Русский (Russian)
жидкий, разбавленный, бесцветный, неопределенный, хилый (о человеке)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - aguado, soso, insípido

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - vattnig, urvattnad

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
水分多的, 浅的, 多水的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 水分多的, 淺的, 多水的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 물기가 많은, 엷은, 분명치 못한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 水っぽい, 薄い, 淡い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مهوى, رقيق, خفيف, شاحب, ضعيف, مترهل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮דליל, מימי, חלש, תפל, חיוור, חסר-מרץ, נטול-עוצמה‬

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