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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. overly diluted; thin and insipid;
- Example: "washy coffee"
- Example: "watery milk"
- Example: "weak tea"
[syn: watery, washy, weak]

2. having lost freshness or brilliance of color;
- Example: "sun-bleached deck chairs"
- Example: "faded jeans"
- Example: "a very pale washed-out blue"
- Example: "washy colors"
[syn: bleached, faded, washed-out, washy]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Washy \Wash"y\, a. [From Wash.] 1. Watery; damp; soft. "Washy ooze." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble; as, washy tea; washy resolutions. [1913 Webster] A polish . . . not over thin and washy. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster] 3. Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor; as, a washy horse. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

washy adj 1: overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea" [syn: watery, washy, weak] 2: having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors" [syn: bleached, faded, washed-out, washy]