wishy washy[adjective]Synonyms: insipid, banal, bland, jejune, milk-and-water, namby-pamby, sapless, vapid, waterish, watery, characterless, pantywaist
Related Idioms: neither flesh, fowl, nor good red herring, neither one thing nor the other
Related Words: enervated,
languid,
listless,
spiritless,
flavorless,
savorless [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
wish‧y-wash‧y /ˈwɪʃi ˌwɒʃi $ -ˌwɒːʃi, -ˌwɑːʃi/
adjective informal[
Date: 1600-1700;
Origin: washy 'thin, watery' (16-20 centuries), from wash]
1. someone who is wishy-washy does not have firm or clear ideas and seems unable to decide what they want – used to show disapproval:
a bunch of wishy-washy liberals2. colours that are wishy-washy are pale and unexciting, not strong or dark – used to show disapproval
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