Meaning

8 senses

  1. Resembling or characteristic of water.

    relating to or resembling or consisting of water

  2. Wet, soggy or soaked with water.

    wässrig

    водяни́стыйvodjanístyj

    filled with water

  3. Diluted or having too much water.

    watery coffee

    жи́дкийžídkij, водяни́стыйvodjanístyj

  4. Thin and pale therefore suggestive of water.

  5. Weak and insipid.

    overly diluted; thin and insipid

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

    I took my cat to the vet because I was worried about his watery eyes.

  7. Tearful.

  8. Containing many bodies of water.

Examples

18 sentences

  1. I don't like watery food.

    Мені не подобається водяниста їжа. — deniko

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  2. My eyes are red and watery.

    deMeine Augen sind rot und wässrig — Eccles17

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  3. This ice cream tastes very watery.

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  4. The stew I made was too watery.

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  5. My eyes get watery when I chop onions.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
wet, soggy or soaked with water:
diluted or having too much water:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
wet, soggy or soaked with water:

Origin

From Middle English watery, wattry, from Old English wæteriġ (“watery”), from Proto-West G

From Middle English watery, wattry, from Old English wæteriġ (“watery”), from Proto-West Germanic *watarīg. Equivalent to water + -y.

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Forms

waterier, wateriest
Comparativewaterier Lesson
Superlativewateriest Lesson

irregular

Synonyms

76 synonyms
fluentB1fluidB2liquidB1mobileA2thinA1dampB1drunkB1humidB1soakedB2wetA2cardboardB2tameB2tastelessB1aqueous
Close in meaning
  • overly diluted; thin and insipid:washyweak
  • wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears:reeking

Word family

6 related words
Relatedmilk-and-waterywaterinesswater
Derivednonwateryunwaterywaterily

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
waterproofB2watertightwaterwaywattwaveB1wavelength

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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