watery
wa·tery
adj \ˈwȯ-tə-rē, ˈwä-\Definition of WATERY
1
a : consisting of, filled with, or surrounded by water b : containing, sodden with, or yielding water or a thin liquid <a watery solution> <watery vesicles>
2
a : resembling water or watery matter especially in thin fluidity, soggy texture, paleness, or lack of savor <watery sunlight> <a watery soup> <watery diarrhea> b : exhibiting weakness and vapidity : wishy-washy <a watery writing style>
— wa·ter·i·ly \-tə-rə-lē\ adverb
— wa·ter·i·ness \-tə-rē-nəs\ noun
Examples of WATERY
- The pollen caused her eyes to become watery.
- The soup was watery and had no flavor.
- the watery light of winter
First Known Use of WATERY
before 12th century
Related to WATERY
Related Words: deluged, drowned, flooded, inundated, overflowed; submerged, swamped; hydrated; dipped, dunked, splashed; aqueous; steeped; flushed, irrigated, laved, rinsed, sluiced; clammy, damp, dampish, dank, humid, moist, semimoist, wettish; boggy, miry, seepy, sloppy, squashy
Near Antonyms: bone-dry, hyperarid, ultradry; waterproof, water-repellent, water-resistant, watertight; baked, dehydrated, freeze-dried; droughty, parched, sere (also sear), sunbaked, thirsty; wrung
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