wishy-washy

(wĭsh'ē-wŏsh'ē, -wô'shē)
adj. Informal, -i·er, -i·est.

1. Thin and watery, as tea or soup; insipid.
2. Lacking in strength of character or purpose; ineffective.

[Reduplication of washy, thin, watery, from WASH.]

wishy-washiness wish'y-wash'i·ness n.

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adjective

Lacking the qualities requisite for spiritedness and originality: bland, innocuous, insipid, jejune, namby-pamby, vapid, washy, waterish, watery. See excite/bore/interest, good/bad.

adj

Definition: bland, dull
Antonyms: dynamic, exciting, interesting, lively

For a list of words related to wishy-washy, see:

• Nonsense Words and Cutesies
• Submissive, Uncertain, or Tentative

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tynd, vandet, tyndbenet, skvattet, pjokket

Nederlands (Dutch)
halfzacht

Français (French)
adj. - indécis, fade, fadasse, délavé, chétif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - lasch, labberig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανούσιος, νερόβραστος, νερουλός

Italiano (Italian)
annacquato, debole

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - aguado, enjoativo

Русский (Russian)
жидкий, водянистый (о напитке), нерешительный, невыразительный (о стиле)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sin gracia, aguado, insípido

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - blaskig, svamlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
浅淡的, 稀薄的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 淺淡的, 稀薄的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 묽은, 시시한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 薄い, 水っぽい, 弱々しい, つまらない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مذق, غير مركز, ضعيف الجسم, ضعيف الشخصيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חלש, מימי, רפה, רזה, כחוש, נרפה, מרושל‬

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