watery
containing much or too much water: a watery paste; a watery batter.
soft, soggy, tasteless, etc., due to excessive water or overcooking: watery vegetables; a watery stew.
of the nature of water: watery vapor.
resembling water in appearance or color: eyes of a watery blue.
resembling water in fluidity and absence of viscosity: a watery fluid.
of poor or weak quality; thin, washy, or vapid: watery prose.
consisting of water: a watery grave.
discharging, filled with, or secreting a waterlike morbid substance.
Origin of watery
1Other words for watery
| 3 | thin, weak, diluted, dilute |
Other words from watery
- wa·ter·i·ly, adverb
- wa·ter·i·ness, noun
- un·wa·ter·y, adjective
Words Nearby watery
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How to use watery in a sentence
Be aware that there is a fine line between too watery and too dry.
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He said he watched waste haulers back up to the pit and unleash torrents of watery muck.
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Many were heard coughing and seen rubbing watery, stinging red eyes.
Street Battle Against Cops Again in Ferguson Despite Midnight Curfew | Justin Glawe | August 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt depicts an exhausted Texas oil field on scrub land, an old railroad bed and a watery ditch converging in the distance.
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Japanese Horror Director Tackles the 3/11 Tsunami | Jake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky | February 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd its watery places shall be dry, all they shall mourn that made pools to take fishes.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousAs you neared it, however, the watery veil seemed flung over them, like the foamy tulle over a bride.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayAs I receded, the watery veil would disappear, and as I approached it would again take form.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayHe again sank, and it was only after great exertion that the brave sailors succeeded in rescuing him from a watery grave.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferLong-yen is somewhat smaller, but is also white and tender, though the taste is rather watery.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida Pfeiffer
British Dictionary definitions for watery
/ (ˈwɔːtərɪ) /
relating to, consisting of, containing, or resembling water
discharging or secreting water or a water-like fluid: a watery wound
tearful; weepy
insipid, thin, or weak
Derived forms of watery
- wateriness, noun
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