FLABBY Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

flabby

adjective

ˈfla-bē

Definition of flabby

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

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This buttery-soft basic is worth ditching your frumpy tees for.

— Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 1 Aug. 2026
It is commonly used in sports medicine, regenerative medicine and wellness settings with the goal of promoting the healing of tendons, ligaments, muscles and other soft tissues.

— Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 31 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

Sundays are perfect for a traditional roast, but the standard menu features a nice selection of British seafood, plus hearty favorites like haddock and chips with mushy peas and Dover sole with brown butter hollandaise.

— Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Choose ripe fruit with bright red skin and a soft, but not mushy, texture.

— Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2026

Definition of mushy

Adjective

Spongy Texture Lawn expert Dan Deins notes that if areas of your lawn that look particularly spongy or matted down, this is probably an indication that something is wrong.

— Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 12 July 2026
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

Definition of spongy

Adjective

All day long, my feed serves up a parade of pretty platforms and squishy sandals, beckoning me to part with my savings.

— Rhoda Feng, New Yorker, 31 July 2026
Faced with an assessment task that is squishy, particularly when dealing with students who are at the beginning of their growth as writers, many teachers have fallen back on structural measures.

— Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

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