as in soft
giving easily to the touch
a bed covered in big squashy pillows
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Recent Examples of squashy
The pumpkin also imparts some squashy sweetness.
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Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 12 Oct. 2021
On a sunny, private patio populated by trilling birds and brightly colored Acapulco chairs, Iliza Shlesinger nestles into a squashy outdoor couch next to her rescue dog, Tian Fu.
—Morena Duwe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2022
Sauté only a minute or two on each side, until the skin is crisped and the flesh is just springy rather than squashy.
—Janelle Davis, CNN, 25 May 2022
The squashy weekender is still shoppable for only $38.
—Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 16 Sep. 2021
Mentions of the squashy dessert can be traced back to the paper’s first year in circulation.
—Angela Roberts, baltimoresun.com, 19 Nov. 2020
Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 12 Oct. 2021
On a sunny, private patio populated by trilling birds and brightly colored Acapulco chairs, Iliza Shlesinger nestles into a squashy outdoor couch next to her rescue dog, Tian Fu.
—Morena Duwe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2022
Sauté only a minute or two on each side, until the skin is crisped and the flesh is just springy rather than squashy.
—Janelle Davis, CNN, 25 May 2022
The squashy weekender is still shoppable for only $38.
—Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 16 Sep. 2021
Mentions of the squashy dessert can be traced back to the paper’s first year in circulation.
—Angela Roberts, baltimoresun.com, 19 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squashy
Adjective
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Some risk factors for babies include sleeping on their side or stomach, sharing a bed with a parent or caregiver, using soft bedding or bumper pads and sleeping on an incline.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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The all-in-one outfit, which comes in 17 colors, is made out of a soft material that has a bit of stretch.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Zendaya arrived in the definition of tailored with an all-white suit and matching white floppy hat.—
Jenifer Calle,
Glamour,
6 May 2025
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Theo Wargo / FilmMagic 3d ago / 3:34 PM PDT Share Zendaya spotted on red carpet Viola Flowers Zendaya has arrived in an all-white suit with floppy white hat and a small, silver snake detail on the upper back of the suit jacket.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
6 May 2025
Adjective
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The dessert is spongy, soft, buttery, and delectable.—
Cat Sposato,
AFAR Media,
15 May 2025
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The film splinters the mind as pitilessly as previous Cronenberg movies went to work on the fragile, spongy body. 16.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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For me, the medium-thick stability sole packs the right mix of padding and energy return without being too squishy, wobbly, or sloppy.—
The Editors,
Outside Online,
9 May 2025
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Digging into the squishy mud of a canal in the Netherlands, archaeologists uncovered dozens and dozens of wooden posts.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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In the first season, when jokes went flabby or the writers didn’t know how to finish a skit, a fake cow was dropped from the rafters.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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At a hefty 2 hours and 24 minutes, the film is flabby, not jacked, and lacking in an unpredictable live-wire element.—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Joaquin Phoenix stars as Joe, a sheriff with a soft heart and mushy judgment, who rejects the mask mandate of Eddington’s ambitious mayor (Pedro Pascal), arguing that COVID isn’t in their tiny rural town.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
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And, just as quickly, they were derided for their tendency to disintegrate into a mushy mess.—
Hiroko Tabuchi,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Squashy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squashy. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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