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2. sodden, soggy, soppy, sopping, sopping wet, wet; oozy, leaking, seepy, seeping; damp, dank, moist, overmoist; soaked, drenched, saturated, soused, waterlogged; boggy, swampy, quaggy, miry, marshy, spongy; soft, mushy, squashy, squishy.
3. runny, thin, pappy, paplike; diluted, weak, adulterated, thinned, mixed, (of alcohol or drugs) cut, (of liquor) Scot. shilpit; tasteless, flavorless, vapid, insipid, bland, Sl. blah; flat, dull, tame, washy, uninteresting, jejune.
4. tearful, teary, lachrymose, weeping, weepy, crying; mournful, sad, sorrowful.
wave, n. 1. ripple, riffle, wavelet; comber, beachcomber, breaker, sea, (collectively) surf, whitecap, white horse; tsunami, tidal wave, rogue wave, bore; heave, swell.
2. welling up, surge, sweep, ground swell, rush, billow; gush, rush, flow, stream; upsurge, rise, ascension, soaring.
3. trend, drift, movement, tendency, current, undercurrent; general sentiment or opinion, consensus.
4. undulation, curve, curl, squiggle, twist.
-v. 5. undulate, ripple, ruffle, wrinkle; rise and fall, ebb and flow, oscillate, fluctuate; flutter, flap, sway, rock, swing, wag, waggle, wigwag; curve, meander, zigzag; bend, incline, toss, shake,
waver, v. 1. sway, wag, flutter, flap, move to and fro, oscillate, librate, vibrate; undulate, wave, ripple, wrinkle.
2. flicker, quiver, (of flame) gutter; quaver, tremble, shake, quake; weaken, fade, fail, die, ebb.
3. hesitate, falter, pause, be irresolute or indecisive, show doubt; vacillate, fluctuate, whiffle, blow hot and cold, alternate, shilly-shally, tergiversate, Inf flip-flop, seesaw; equivocate, hedge, hem and haw, beat around the bush, pussyfoot, waffle.
4. totter, reel, rock, Dial, wamble, stagger, roll; wobble, shake, teeter, stagger; tip, tilt, lean, sag, bend; lurch, stumble, topple.
wavering, adj. 1. vacillating, indecisive, irresolute, uncertain, undecided, unsure; ambivalent, of two minds, of mixed feelings; hesitant, wishy-washy, uncommitted, holding back, dubious; fluctuating, oscillating, alternating, blowing hot and cold, unable to make up one's mind; shilly-shallying, tergiversating, equivocating, stalling for time.
2. swaying, fluttering, flapping; tottering, reeling, staggering, rocking; unsteady, infirm, unreliable, rickety.
wavy, adj. undulating, curvy, curling, squiggly, twisting; rippled, wrinkled, ridged, furrowed, grooved; tortuous, curving, winding, sinuous, serpentine, snaky,
wax, v. increase, grow, develop, enlarge, magnify, amplify; lengthen, widen, broaden, extend; build up, accelerate, spread, mushroom, swell, expand, blow up, inflate, balloon,
way, n. 1. method, manner, mode, fashion, wise;
process, procedure, system, Latin, modus operandi, Inf. MO; technique, formula, means; policy, rule, convention, wont, custom.
2. nature, personality, temperament, character, disposition; characteristic, trait, attribute, property, idiosyncrasy, idiocrasy; peculiarity, mannerism, quirk.
3. direction, route, course, path; track, road, roadway, avenue, lane; passage, passageway, channel, access.
4. give way a. collapse, cave in, tumble down, crumple, fall down; crumble, disintegrate, fall into pieces, b. yield, surrender, acquiesce, accede; acknowledge, concede.
wayfarer, n. traveler, voyager, journeyer, excursionist, Brit. Inf. tripper, trekker; globe-trotter, sightseer, tourist; wanderer, roamer, rover, meanderer, landloper, adventurer; gadabout, gallivanter; nomad, gypsy, Bedouin, Kuchi; walker, hiker, tramper. See - walker.
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge which was located in Washington was nicknamed Galloping Gertie because of the unusual way it twisted and swayed with even with the slightest winds when people would drive on it. The bridge collapsed on November 7, 1940, fortunately no humans died, except for a dog .. More >>
