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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.
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   2. Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble;
      as, washy tea; washy resolutions.
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            A polish . . . not over thin and washy. --Sir H.
                                                  Wotton.
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   3. Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor;
      as, a washy horse. [Local, U. S.]
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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]