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washy

washy adjective: watery; damp; soft.

Adjective

washy (comparative washier, superlative washiest)

  1. Watery; damp; soft.
  2. Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble.
    • washy tea
    • washy resolutions
  3. (US, archaic, dialectal) Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labour.
    • a washy horse
    Synonyms:
    washed out

Noun

washy (plural washies)

  1. (childish, poetic, rare) A wash, an act of washing.
    • Swishy, swishy, swashy. Give your hands a washy.

washy meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

washy in Urdu

کمزور, مریل, پھیکا

washy in Bengali

জলীয়, স্যাঁতসেঁতে, নরম, গুণ, শক্তির অভাবযুক্ত, দুর্বল

washy in Malayalam

വെളളം കൂടുതൽ ചേർത്ത, ക്ഷീണിച്ച, നേർത്ത, നിർവീര്യമായ

Synonyms of washy

Forms of washy

Adjective
comparativewashier
superlativewashiest
Noun
pluralwashies

Origin of washy

From wash + -y.

Words formed from washy

Questions about washy

What does washy mean?
Washy means watery; damp; soft.
What is washy in Urdu?
Washy in Urdu is کمزور, مریل, پھیکا. See Washy meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is washy?
Washy can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near washy in the dictionary

  1. washwipe
  2. washwipes
  3. washwoman
  4. washwomen
  5. Washwood Heath
  6. washy
  7. Wasi-wari
  8. wasian
  9. Wasielewski
  10. Wasielewskis
  11. Wasik

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: washy (page history and authors); washy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); washy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); washy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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