baggier; baggiest
1
: loose, puffed out, or hanging like a bag
baggy trousers
2
: loosely constructed and inflated with inessential elements
a baggy novel
Examples of baggy in a Sentence
These pants are too baggy at the knees.
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Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Brittany also rocked head-to-toe red, wearing baggy red pants and a red jacket with a patch on it with her husband's jersey number.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
These low-rise jeans nail that blend of retro and right now—perfectly baggy, totally versatile, and shockingly easy to style.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
Some men avoid the gym or the beach altogether, wear baggy shirts year-round or feel anxious about intimacy.
—Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Baggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baggy. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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baggy
adjective
bag·gy
ˈbag-ē 
baggier; baggiest
: loose, puffed out, or hanging like a bag
baggy pants
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