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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

weak or ineffective, lacking in strength or determination;

e.g. She gave wishy-washy responses to their questions, which made them feel lose confidence in her.

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Similar Words

Banal

Effete

Flat

Frail

Insipid

Invertebrate

Namby-pamby

Nerveless

Nonassertive

Nonemphatic

Spineless

Unexciting

Unrewarding

Watery

Weak

Weak-kneed

Weakling

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Opposite Words

Aggressive

Assertive

Courageous

Determined

Dynamic

Emphatic

Energetic

Entertaining

Ethical

Exciting

Firm

Forceful

Full-blooded

Good

Hearty

Inspiring

Invigorating

Iron

Ironclad

Lusty

Meaty

Mettlesome

Moral

Muscular

Piquant

Poignant

Principled

Pungent

Resolute

Resounding

Right

Righteous

Robust

Solid

Stalwart

Stout

Stouthearted

Strenuous

Strong

Sturdy

Substantial

Thrilling

Unrelenting

Upright

Vehement

Vigorous

Violent

Virtuous

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Related Words

Bland

Boring

Common

Commonplace

Corrupt

Cowardly

Craven

Dastardly

Drab

Dreary

Dry

Dull

Emasculated

Fainthearted

Flabby

Flaccid

Heavy

Humdrum

Impotent

Inane

Ineffective

Ineffectual

Infirm

Innocuous

Inoffensive

Irresolute

Leaden

Lifeless

Lily-livered

Meek

Mild

Monotonous

Ordinary

Pedestrian

Pliable

Poltroon

Ponderous

Powerless

Pusillanimous

Sissy

Soft

Stale

Subdued

Submissive

Tame

Tedious

Timid

Tiresome

Tiring

Unexceptional

Unexciting

Uninspiring

Uninteresting

Unprincipled

Unrewarding

Unscrupulous

Villainous

Weak

Wearisome

Weary

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