Definition of WATERY

watery

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • filled with water
    • "watery soil"
  • wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears
  • relating to or resembling or consisting of water
    • "a watery substance"
    • "a watery color"
  • overly diluted; thin and insipid
    • "watery milk"

Adj

  • Resembling or characteristic of water.
  • Wet, soggy or soaked with water.
  • Diluted or having too much water.
  • Thin and pale therefore suggestive of water.
  • Weak and insipid.
  • Discharging water or similar substance as a result of disease etc.
  • Tearful.
  • Containing many bodies of water.

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 12

watery is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
watery is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
watery is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

watery is a valid Words With Friends word