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Wishy-washy   /wˈɪʃi-wˈɑʃi/   Listen
Wishy-washy

adjective
1.
Weak in willpower, courage or vitality.  Synonyms: gutless, namby-pamby, spineless.






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"Wishy-washy" Quotes from Famous Books



... all mankind," said Cary. "Give us your hand, old fellow. If you are a Coffin, you were sawn out of no wishy-washy elm-board, but right heart-of-oak. I am going, too, as Amyas here can tell, to Ireland away, to cool my hot liver in a bog, like a Jack-hare in March. Come, give us thy neif, and let us part in peace. I was minded to have ...
— Westward Ho! • Charles Kingsley

... for a grown-up man to get into his head, doesn't it? And yet, boys and girls, I run across some young people even here in America that think if they let Christ into their hearts it will make them sort of "wishy-washy" and "goody-goody," and not strong and ...
— Fifty-Two Story Talks To Boys And Girls • Howard J. Chidley

... of my boat. "I looks everywhere," he said, "and don't finds de poat. Hab you one poat, or hab you not?" I carefully described the exact location of the sneak- box in the rear of the tollgate-house, when he hastily disappeared. The old lady and I had fully discussed the wishy-washy coffee question, when mine host returned. This time he wore a pleasant countenance, and took me into his shop, where he introduced me to three of his apprentices. At night I was given a bed in an unfinished attic, under a shingled roof, ...
— Four Months in a Sneak-Box • Nathaniel H. Bishop



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