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Synonyms for watered down


Grammar : Verb
Spell : waw-terd-doun, wot-erd-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɔ tərdˈdaʊn, ˈwɒt ərd-



Définition of watered down

  • verb dilute
Example sentences :
  • His affection at this time had watered down into a mild theory.
  • Extract from : « The Pastor's Wife » by Elizabeth von Arnim
  • The Acadmie is a club, you know; so there is a tone that must be adopted, and things which must be left unsaid, or watered down.
  • Extract from : « The Immortal » by Alphonse Daudet
  • A layer half an inch thick when the fruit is swelling should be given two or three times, and be watered down with a fine rose.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Pears and Plums » by Edward Bartrum
  • Inspiration, deprived of its old intelligible sense, is watered down into a mystification.
  • Extract from : « Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • Dick was not unlike Andrew, but it was as if his cousin's prominent characteristics had been watered down.
  • Extract from : « Johnstone of the Border » by Harold Bindloss
  • Christianity even when watered down is hot enough to boil all modern society to rags.
  • Extract from : « Orthodoxy » by G. K. Chesterton
  • We loosened the clay with sledges, and Marco watered down the pipes with a hose, to cool them.
  • Extract from : « Steel » by Charles Rumford Walker

Antonyms for watered down

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