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wishy-washy
Word definitions for wishy-washy in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wishy-washy \Wish"y-wash`y\, a. [See Wash .] Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; -- originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded; spiritless. A weak wishy-washy man who had hardly any mind of his own. --A. Trollope.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 wavering; lacking in commitment, certainty, or support; namby-pamby. 2 thin or watery.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. weak in willpower [syn: namby-pamby , spineless ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Brown has been criticized for being wishy-washy on political reform. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He loves to bully and to unleash his hounds on what he sees as the snooty, wishy-washy liberal establishment. ▪ I've no time ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1690s, "feeble or poor in quality," reduplication of washy "thin, watery." Meaning "vacillating" first recorded 1873.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia