Thesaurus / wishy-washy
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A man with a feeble, wishy-washy expression holds by each hand a fierce, but subjugated tiger.
BY THE SEAHEMAN WHITE CHAPLINUtterly opposed to any such wishy-washy settlement of our national difficulties, I vote "no."
A REPORT OF THE DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE SECRET SESSIONS OF THE CONFERENCE CONVENTIONLUCIUS EUGENE CHITTENDENThe contrast when the good man got into the pulpit and began to pray in a borrowed, washy lingo—extempore in more senses than one!
GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE, VOL. II (OF 3)GEORGE ELIOTHis color is about his worst point, as he is a light, washy chestnut, with a bald face and three white heels.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, NO. 392, JULY 7, 1883VARIOUSIn No. 298, The Watering-place, the rather heavy paint of the foliage gives a thin washy look to the foreground.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 68, NO. 417, JULY, 1850VARIOUSAnd how the devil do you keep old black thoughts out of your mind by those washy potations?
LUCRETIA, COMPLETEEDWARD BULWER-LYTTONOur own "Washy" was an author, too, and one not to be sneezed at.
AN AMERICAN HOBO IN EUROPEBEN GOODKINDWell, my countrymen, our Washy is dead, but we appreciate him now just the same.
AN AMERICAN HOBO IN EUROPEBEN GOODKINDNone of the wishy-washy tittle-tattle interested me, in fact.
HEARTS AND MASKSHAROLD MACGRATHAnnie is rather sentimental and wishy-washy in her compositions, willowy maidens in the moonlight with garlands of flowers.
BACK AT SCHOOL WITH THE TUCKER TWINSNELL SPEEDWORDS RELATED TO WISHY-WASHY
- ambivalent
- betwixt and between
- blowing hot and cold
- borderline
- debatable
- dithering
- doubtful
- dubious
- equivocal
- hemming and hawing
- hesitant
- iffy
- in the middle
- indecisive
- indefinite
- irresolute
- moot
- of two minds
- on the fence
- open
- pendent
- pending
- running hot and cold
- tentative
- torn
- uncertain
- unclear
- uncommitted
- undetermined
- unfinished
- unsettled
- unsure
- up in the air
- vague
- waffling
- wavering
- wishy-washy
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