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waterish
[waw-ter-ish, wot-er-] 
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waterish
[waw-ter-ish, wot-er-]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dilute |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, attenuated, cut*, impaired, impoverished, laced, light, moderated, reduced*, shaved, spiked, tempered, thin*, washy, watered down, watered-down, watery, weak, wishy-washy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | waterish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pale |
| Synonyms: | anemic, ashen, ashy, blanched, bleached, bloodless, cadaverous, colorless, deathlike, dim, doughy, dull, faded, faint, feeble, ghastly, gray, haggard, inadequate, ineffective, ineffectual, insubstantial, livid, lurid, pallid, pasty, poor, sallow, sick, sickly, spectral, thin*, unsubstantial, wan, washed-out, watery, waxen, waxlike, weak, white*, whitish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bland |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tasteless; undistinctive |
| Synonyms: | banal, blah*, boring, dull, dull as dishwater, flat, flavorless, ho hum, humdrum, insipid, milk-and-water, monotonous, nerdy, nothing, pabulum, sapless, tame, tedious, unexciting, uninspiring, uninteresting, unstimulating, vanilla, vapid, waterish, watery, weak, wimpy, wishy-washy, zero* |
| Antonyms: | delicious, distinctive, sharp, tasty, yummy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | diluted/dilute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thinned, weakened |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, attenuated, cut, impaired, impoverished, laced, light, moderated, reduced, shaved, spiked, tempered, washy, watered down, waterish, watery, wishy-washy |
| Antonyms: | concentrated, strengthened, thickened |
| Main Entry: | weak |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | watered-down |
| Synonyms: | dilute, diluted, insipid, milk-and-water, runny, tasteless, thin, washy, waterish, watery, wishy-washy |
| Antonyms: | concentrated, strong, thick |
| Main Entry: | diluted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thinned |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, cut, dilute, impaired, impoverished, light, reduced, washy, watered down, waterish, watery, weak, weakened, wishy-washy |
| Antonyms: | concentrated, enriched, strengthened, thickened |
| Main Entry: | washy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insipid |
| Synonyms: | bland, distasteful, flat*, flavorless, innocuous, jejune, mild, namby-pamby, savorless, stale, unappetizing, unpalatable, unsavory, vapid, watered-down, waterish, watery |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | washy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dilute |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, attenuated, cut*, impaired, impoverished, laced, light, moderated, reduced*, shaved, spiked, tempered, thin*, watered down, watered-down, waterish, watery, weak, wishy-washy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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