English Explanatory Dictionary

weaksauce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Lacking in interest or substance; boring, disappointing, lackluster.
noun
  1. Someone or something that is lacking in interest or substance.
  2. The quality or state of lacking in interest or substance; boringness, disappointment.
  3. Synonym of weak tea (“weak or feeble arguments, efforts, or proposals”).

Pronunciation

/ˈwiːksɔːs/ /ˈwikˌsɔs/ /-ˌsɑs/ En-au-weaksauce.ogg

Word forms

weaksauce weak sauce weaksauces

Etymology

PIE word *sḗh₂l From weak (adjective) + sauce (noun), referring to a sauce that lacks flavour. By surface analysis, weak + -sauce (suffix used to add emphasis to adjectives).

Synonyms

banal basic beat blah bland boring cold colourless corny drab stuffy dreich drowsy dull dull as dishwater flat heavy going ho-hum humdrum insipid lackluster lame languid lifeless longsome monotonous mundane no fun at parties plain plodding prosaic prosy pedantic pedestrian static straightforward snoozeworthy soporific tedious uncool wan weaksauce wooden uninteresting stodgy vapid vanilla lacklustre weak tea

Related words

weak point
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