Synonyms for milk-and-water
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : milk-uh n-waw-ter, -wot-er |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪlk ənˈwɔ tər, -ˈwɒt ər |
Top 10 synonyms for milk-and-water Other synonyms for the word milk-and-water
- bland
- colorless
- dead
- dilute
- diluted
- driveling
- dull as dishwater
- flat
- flat tire
- flavorless
- ho hum
- humdrum
- inane
- jejune
- least
- lifeless
- limp
- milk-and-water
- Milquetoast
- monotonous
- nerdy
- nothing
- nowhere
- pabulum
- runny
- sapless
- tame
- tasteless
- tiresome
- unexciting
- unimaginative
- uninteresting
- unpalatable
- unstimulating
- vacant
- vacuous
- vanilla
- vapid
- washy
- waterish
- watery
- weak
- wimpy
- wishy-washy
- zero
Définition of milk-and-water
- As in vapid : adj flat, dull
- As in weak : adj watered-down
- As in bland : adj tasteless; undistinctive
- It is a milk-and-water affair as it is now, and won't amount to anything.
- Extract from : « Down the Rhine » by Oliver Optic
- Only milk-and-water proprieties, tamely-virtuous platitudes.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly , Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 » by Various
- But he was not a milk-and-water man; and, gentle as were his manners, he was an earnest man.
- Extract from : « In The Saddle » by Oliver Optic
- I like the spirit of him; there has been no milk-and-water drither, or lingering here.
- Extract from : « Merkland » by Mrs. Oliphant
- He had no milk-and-water friends and no milk-and-water enemies.
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
- If my blood was milk-and-water, it would be curds-and-whey before this time.
- Extract from : « Quodlibet » by John P. Kennedy
- But it was no milk-and-water peace, no sugar-and-spice good will.
- Extract from : « On Christmas Day In The Evening » by Grace Louise Smith Richmond
- It is as pure as milk, or, at all events, as milk-and-water.
- Extract from : « Some Private Views » by James Payn
- Thanks to the milk-and-water softness of your former master!
- Extract from : « Caleb Williams » by William Godwin
- The other's a milk-and-water chap, just out of boardin'-school.
- Extract from : « Walter Sherwood's Probation » by Horatio Alger
Antonyms for milk-and-water
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