This guy is really wishy-washy. He couldn't make a decision to save his life.
Source: tatoeba (31537)
Wishy-washy
//ˈwɪʃ.iˌwɑ.ʃi//
Synonyms for "wishy-washy" (128 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (64)
mushynamby pambyneutralpalepantywaistpappypassablepedestrianpulpyramblingrespectablerestlessrovingsaplesssavorlessscatterbrainedshapelessshiftingshiftyshuffling
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Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(4 words)
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Translations
50 translations across 12 languages.
Danish
1 entries- vægelsindet adj (wavering or lacking in commitment, certainty, or support)
Finnish
2 entries- vetinen adj (thin or watery)
- ympäripyöreä adj (wavering or lacking in commitment, certainty, or support)
French
4 entries- aseptisé adj (wavering or lacking in commitment, certainty, or support)
- bibine adj (thin or watery)
- béni-oui-oui adj (wavering or lacking in commitment, certainty, or support)
- chiffe molle adj (wavering or lacking in commitment, certainty, or support)
German
2 entries- Wischiwaschi adj (wavering or lacking in commitment, certainty, or support)
- verwässert adj (thin or watery)
Icelandic
1 entries- lapþunnur adj (thin or watery)
Italian
4 entries- allungato adj (thin or watery)
- annacquato adj (thin or watery)
- diluito adj (thin or watery)
- incerto adj (wavering or lacking in commitment, certainty, or support)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- şilonermo adj (wavering or lacking in commitment, certainty, or support)
- şilşeht adj (wavering or lacking in commitment, certainty, or support)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- tynn adj (thin or watery)
- vassen adj (thin or watery)
Portuguese
2 entries- enrolado adj (wavering or lacking in commitment, certainty, or support)
- indeciso adj (wavering or lacking in commitment, certainty, or support)
Russian
4 entries- безли́кий adj (wavering or lacking in commitment, certainty, or support)
- бле́дный adj (wavering or lacking in commitment, certainty, or support)
- водяни́стый adj (thin or watery)
- жи́дкий adj (thin or watery)
Spanish
4 entries- aguado adj (thin or watery)
- bebistrajo adj (thin or watery)
- débil adj (wavering or lacking in commitment, certainty, or support)
- endeble adj (wavering or lacking in commitment, certainty, or support)
Swedish
1 entries- vacklande adj (wavering or lacking in commitment, certainty, or support)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
If you're at all wishy-washy during a negotiation the other side will pick up on it and get the upper hand.
Source: tatoeba (590460)
It is the 8th of June of 2013. I am wishy-washy as to my conlang priorities. Do I want Esperanto and Lojban? Or, do I want Lojban first, then Esperanto? Do I need to add Interlingua next? I tend to think now that Lojban has first priority for me. Hidden away is still the Orange Dream, which, I think, would be something different from Vling and would be really super-duper. The Orange Dream would have a more quaint Romanization perhaps, with such things as 'qu' and 'ph'. The morphemes would be monosyllabic.
Source: tatoeba (10715362)
Don't be disgraced like the young Romans, who lost the Empire of their forefathers by being wishy-washy slackers without any go or patriotism in them.
Source: tatoeba (10799875)
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