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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This top has a loose, oversized fit that can be worn with baggy jeans for a more preppy look or tucked into trousers to dress it up.
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Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Amazon is stocked with plenty of other styles that mimic Aniston’s go-to baggy jeans, though.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2025
Style it alongside your go-to baggy jeans and chunky earrings, and become the head-turner of the hour.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
The only actor who looks at home here is Chloë Sevigny as Kim, the resident Yale Philosophy Department psychotherapist, who struts through the movie in a series of baggy suits and a curly bowl haircut that wouldn’t be out of place on the Beverly Hillbillies’ Miss Jane Hathaway.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
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Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Amazon is stocked with plenty of other styles that mimic Aniston’s go-to baggy jeans, though.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2025
Style it alongside your go-to baggy jeans and chunky earrings, and become the head-turner of the hour.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
The only actor who looks at home here is Chloë Sevigny as Kim, the resident Yale Philosophy Department psychotherapist, who struts through the movie in a series of baggy suits and a curly bowl haircut that wouldn’t be out of place on the Beverly Hillbillies’ Miss Jane Hathaway.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Baggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baggy. Accessed 10 Sep. 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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