What does wishy-washy mean?

wishy-washy means "weak in willpower, courage or vitality".

How many syllables are in wishy-washy?

wishy-washy has 4 syllables and divides as wi-shy--wa-shy under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for wishy-washy?

Close synonyms include namby-pamby, gutless, spineless. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wishy-washy a common word?

wishy-washy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Wishy-washy — meaning and 3 synonyms

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
weak in willpower, courage or vitality
Synonymsnamby-pamby gutless spineless
Similarweak

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What does wishy-washy mean?: wishy-washy means "weak in willpower, courage or vitality".
How many syllables are in wishy-washy?: wishy-washy has 4 syllables and divides as wi-shy--wa-shy under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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