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41jejune — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. insipid, dull; childish, immature; ignorant, uninformed. See weariness, youth, ignorance. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Lacking the qualities requisite for spiritedness and originality: bland …
42namby-pamby — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. insipid, mediocre; sentimental, maudlin; weak, pansyish, effeminate. See insipidity, sensibility, weakness.Ant., strong. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. insipid, wishy washy, simpering; see cowardly 1 …
43pale — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wan, waxen, ashy, ashen, colorless, bloodless; light, blond; faint, dim, vague; sickly. See colorlessness, dimness.Ant., colorful; ruddy. v. i. whiten, blanch, blench; fade, dim. n. stake, picket;… …
44pallid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pale, bloodless, wan, sallow, white. See colorlessness. Ant., ruddy, healthy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. gray, colorless, wan; see pale 1 . See Synonym Study at pale . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …
45thin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. slender, lean, narrow (see narrowness); watery, weak, di luted; attenuated; faint, dim, threadlike; fine, delicate; poor, lame (as an excuse); flimsy, sheer, filmy. See rarity, weakness,… …
46vapid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. flat, tasteless, insipid; tame, spiritless, lifeless, dull. See insipidity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. flat, insipid, boring; see dull 3 , 4 , uninteresting . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …
47weak — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. feeble (see weakness); faulty, unsatisfactory; uncertain, unsure, irresolute; watery, diluted, attenuated; faint, soft. See imperfection, uncertainty, cowardice, changeableness, softness. II (Roget… …
48wishy-washy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. washed out, anemic, colorless; weak kneed or willed, spineless, irresolute, feeble, vacillating. See insipidity, weakness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Watery] Syn. insipid, thin, diluted, weak,… …
49anemic — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Pale] Syn. pallid, wan, sickly; see pale 1 . 2. [Weak] Syn. frail, feeble, infirm, lifeless; see listless 1 , weak 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. weak, pale, pallid, wan, colorless, feeble, listless, fatigued, run… …
50dilute — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. water down, reduce, thin; see adulterate , weaken 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. thin, water down, reduce, weaken, diminish, rarefy, attenuate, *cut, adulterate, moderate. ANT.: concentrate, enrich, strengthen III… …
