WATERY

watery, washy, weak

(adjective) overly diluted; thin and insipid; “washy coffee”; “watery milk”; “weak tea”

watery

(adjective) relating to or resembling or consisting of water; “a watery substance”; “a watery color”

reeking, watery

(adjective) wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears; “wiped his reeking neck”

watery

(adjective) filled with water; “watery soil”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

watery (comparative waterier, superlative wateriest)

Resembling or characteristic of water.

Wet, soggy or soaked with water.

Diluted or having too much water.

(of light) Thin and pale therefore suggestive of water.

Weak and insipid.

Discharging water or similar substance as a result of disease etc.

Tearful.

Synonyms

• (characteristic of water): waterish

See also runny

aqueous, aquose

• (soaked with water): drenched, moist, waterlogged; see also wet

• (having too much water): wishy-washy

• (weak, insipid): bland, flavorless (figuratively); see also insipid

Anagrams

• tawery, tawyer

Source: Wiktionary

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Wa"ter*y, a. Etym: [AS. wæterig.]

1. Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water. "The watery god." Dryden. "Fish within their watery residence." Milton.

2. Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful.

3. Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as, watery humors. The oily and watery parts of the aliment. Arbuthnot.

4. Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid; tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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