Wishy-washy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           A weak wishy-washy man who had hardly any mind of his


           own.                                     --A. Trollope.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wishy-washy \Wish"y-wash`y\, n.
     A weak or thin drink or liquor; wish-wash.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wishy-washy
       adj : weak in willpower [syn: {namby-pamby}, {spineless}]