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

1. The pollen caused her eyes to become watery.
2. The soup was watery and had no flavor.
3. the watery light of winter

First Known Use of WATERY

before 12th century

Related to WATERY

Synonyms: awash, bathed, bedraggled, doused (also dowsed), drenched, dripping, logged, saturate, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, washed, watered, waterlogged, water-soaked, wet

Antonyms: arid, dry, unwatered, waterless

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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Rhymes with WATERY

cautery