ditchwater

[dich-waw-ter, -wot-er]

noun

1. water, especially stagnant and dirty water, that has collected in a ditch.

ditchwater

/ ˈdɪtʃˌwɔːtə /

noun

1. stagnant water

2. extremely uninspiring

Word History and Origins

Origin of ditchwater¹

1275–1325; Middle English. See ditch, water

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. dull as ditchwater. dishwater.

Example Sentences

"Despite the thousands of outraged words that have been written accusing it of turning the royal family into a cheap soap opera... the first three episodes are ditchwater dull. But here's the good news. It gets better. Much better," The Times wrote.

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One cabinet minister said: "That day there were two options - either go in and be overly apologetic and dull as ditchwater or you come out fighting. Boris Johnson's instinct was to come out fighting - and keep using a turn of phrase that was getting cut through with the public, whether they liked it or not."

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“Each night I pray and think of my country,” says Vera, ringing out ditchwater from her clothes.

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They called you Ditchwater Sal, when you were a young chit of a thing, thought the witch-queen, but she did not say this aloud.

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And now he would have to sit in the blind with ditchwater soaking into the seat of his pants.

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