watery
Meaning
- Resembling or characteristic of water.
- Wet, soggy or soaked with water.
- Diluted or having too much water.
- Thin and pale therefore suggestive of water.
- Weak and insipid.
- Discharging water or similar substance as a result of disease etc.
- Tearful.
- Containing many bodies of water.
Synonyms
containing water
of water
be mushy
wishywashy
abounding in water
become wet
be loose
muddy place
be moist
not frank
be thin
be soft
semi-fluid
be liquid
conaining water
Translations
aqueux
acuoso
acquoso
wässerig
aquoso
waterig
aqualisFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈwɔːtəɹi/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English watery, wattry, from Old English wæteriġ (“watery”), from Proto-West Germanic *watarīg. Equivalent to water + -y.
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