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
  • The Dolce Vita bob runs longer with soft, flowing layers, which sets it apart from the shorter, tighter shapes most associated with vintage glamour.
    — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The hybrid shoe looks like a pretty suede flat but is lined by ultra soft fluff that gives it a cozy slipper feel.
    — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of soft
Adjective
  • There’s a real zing to the sauce au poivre, which is mahogany-dark and sticky with demi-glace, and a cozy depth to the paccheri, floppy cylinders of pasta in a cream sauce with kale and sausage.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
  • There is of course another way to hear ABBA songs sung live onstage, though sadly without Greek island backdrops or background singers wearing floppy swim fins.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of floppy
Adjective
  • Noodles left sitting in the soup pot swell and soak up the liquid, turning the pasta mushy.
    — Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Softer apples—those that yield to the pressure of your thumb—are higher in water content and more likely to lose their shape or get soft and mushy when cooked.
    — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of mushy
Adjective
  • Cranberry & Jalapeño Chicken Meatballs TJ’s has a whole flavor spectrum of these spongy, scrotal meatballs.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Each step sends a ripple through the spongy, thin mat, a slow undulating motion beneath your feet that surprises the senses, disorienting yet simultaneously strangely delightful.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of spongy
Adjective
  • Due to a mutation in a single gene, East Asians have dry, flaky earwax, while people of African or European descent have wet, squishy earwax.
    — David Hu, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Another is Gimme Gummy, a craving for squishy, jelly-like textures in everything from candy to phone cases.
    — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of squishy

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