flabby

adjective

ˈfla-bē How to pronounce flabby (audio)
Definition of flabbynext
as in soft
giving easily to the touch his daughter playfully poked at his flabby belly

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Recent Examples of flabby Looking to get rid of love handles or flabby thighs? — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026 Pizza Though most college students would disagree, microwaving transforms pizza into flabby wedges with rubbery crusts. — Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 18 Feb. 2026 The mattress first, a mattress from time immemorial that proved to be unbelievably heavy, flabby, and seemingly filled with sand. — Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025 Gyms and exercise equipment companies don’t promote their locations and equipment with flabby, lumbering people, rather their ads show fit, upright, energetic individuals. — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flabby
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flabby
  1. soft
  2. floppy
  3. mushy
  4. spongy
  5. squishy
Adjective
  • Smaller nonprofit efforts — often faith-based — can also offer a soft landing place, but few exist.
    — Amber Gaudet July 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
  • Most accounts read Qatar's rise as gas turned into money, turned into visibility, a soft-power story with expensive props.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of soft
Adjective
  • The wings need intermediate stiffness (not too rigid, not too floppy), the tail must sit short and close to the body, and the exit angle has to land near 70 degrees.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 July 2026
  • Symptoms of infant botulism include constipation, a floppy neck and trouble swallowing, the CDC says.
    — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
Definition of floppy
Adjective
  • The Jays have been stuck in the mushy middle for months, a dangerous and difficult place to be.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 15 July 2026
  • In these areas, petunias won’t grow as well when temperatures fall to 40°F; the plants will darken, turn limp and mushy, and die away with the first hard frost.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 14 July 2026
Definition of mushy
Adjective
  • Earlier movie versions have managed the story’s most frightening moments with the limited technology available at the time—much plastic and spongy stuff; monsters in process shots looming over little men; papier-mâché boulders flung from hilltops.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • The savory crepe, wrapped in paper, is a walkable handheld, its delicate, lightly spongy batter of mung bean flower fused with an egg that’s cracked on top, then spread, ensuring both come in every delicious bite.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026
Definition of spongy
Adjective
  • Small in stature but never short on personality, the Luva modular sectional has a squishy texture and a cartoonish shape.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2026
  • The wildly popular NeeDoh squishy cubes are often the go-to toy for the trend, despite warnings against heating them on the box.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
Definition of squishy

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