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Dictionary: wa·ter·y   ('tə-rē, wŏt'ə-) pronunciation
 
adj., -i·er, -i·est.
  1. Filled with, consisting of, or soaked with water; wet or soggy: watery soil.
  2. Containing too much water; diluted: watery soup.
  3. Suggestive of water, as in being thin, pale, or liquid: watery sunshine.
  4. Lacking force or substance; weak or insipid: watery prose.
  5. Secreting or discharging water or watery fluid, especially as a symptom of disease.
  6. Accompanied by tears; tearful: a watery good-bye.
wateriness wa'ter·i·ness n.
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adjective

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

 
Antonyms: watery
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adj

Definition: liquid, diluted
Antonyms: concentrated, dehydrated, dry, solid


 
Translations: Watery
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - vandet, vand-, våd, fugtig, udvandet

Nederlands (Dutch)
waterrijk, waterig, waterachtig, huilerig

Français (French)
adj. - humide, trempé, aqueux, liquide, qui contient de l'eau, noyé d'eau, fade, fadasse, larmoyant, (vapeur) d'eau, déteint, délavé, enseveli par les eaux, qui suinte (une plaie)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - wäßrig, feucht, matt, fahl

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - νερουλός, υδαρής, (μτφ.) άτονος, ξεπλυμένος

Italiano (Italian)
ricco d'acqua, acquoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - molhado, enfadonho

Русский (Russian)
водянистый, водяной, предвещающий дождь, водоносный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - acuoso, aguado, aguachento, lloroso, pálido, desvaído

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - vattnig, våt, fuktig, vattenrik, urvattnad

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
水的, 淡的, 潮湿的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 水的, 淡的, 潮濕的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 눈물어린, 엷은, 힘없는, 비올 듯한, 물의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 水の, 水を多く含んだ, 水中の, 涙ぐんだ, 水で薄めた, 水気の多い, 薄い, 雨模様の, 淡い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مائي, سائل, دامع, غير مركز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מימי, רווי-מים, דומע, חיוור, חלש, מבשר גשם‬


 
 
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