Waterish vs. Watery

Waterishadjective

watery

Wateryadjective

Wet, soggy or soaked with water.

Waterishadjective

Resembling water; thin; watery.

‘Feed upon such nice and waterish diet.’;

Wateryadjective

Diluted or having too much water.

Waterishadjective

Somewhat watery; moist; as, waterish land.

Wateryadjective

(of light) Thin and pale therefore suggestive of water.

Wateryadjective

Weak and insipid.

Wateryadjective

Discharging water or similar substance as a result of disease etc.

Wateryadjective

Tearful.

Wateryadjective

Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water.

Wateryadjective

Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful.

Wateryadjective

Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as, watery humors.

‘The oily and watery parts of the aliment.’;

Wateryadjective

Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid; tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless.

Wateryadjective

filled with water;

‘watery soil’;

Wateryadjective

wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or blood or tears;

‘wiped his reeking neck’;

Wateryadjective

filled or brimming with tears;

‘swimming eyes’; ‘watery eyes’; ‘sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid’;

Wateryadjective

relating to or resembling or consisting of water;

‘a watery grave’;

Wateryadjective

overly diluted; thin and insipid;

‘washy coffee’; ‘watery milk’; ‘weak tea’;