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cushy (ko̵os̸hē)

adjective cushier cush′i·er, cushiest cush′i·est

Slang easy; comfortable a cushy job

Etymology: orig. Brit army slang < Hindi khush, pleasant < Pers khūsh

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cushy Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • job: Why can't I get the warm, dry, cushy jobs?
  • number: Nick Clegg will be the new Home Affairs critic, a decently cushy number given he's up against Charlie the Elephant.
  • life: Why should the taxpayer fork out to give him a cushy life in prison with meals, heating, clean bedsheets, tv etc?
  • compromise: At every point cushy comfortable compromise was open to him.
  • comfort: Caldara's wicked Empress Faustina embraces a form of Christianity that clearly implies cushy pastoral comfort.
  • deal: Britain simply cannot afford the cushy deal signed last month.

Modifying Another Word

  • pretty: On the other hand, the social benefits of marriage are pretty cushy.
  • too: The nu... Don't make life too cushy for your bank.
  • very: I'm having a very cushy time at present.

Used with adjective complement

  • get: That?s why I came here, because it all got very cushy for me in Australia.

Browse dictionary entries near cushy

  1. Cushitic
  2. Cushite
  3. cushion
  4. Cushing's syndrome
  5. Cushing's disease
  6. Cushing
  7. cushiness
  8. cushiest
  9. cushier
  10. cushaw
  1. CUSIP
  2. cusk
  3. cusks
  4. cusp
  5. cuspate
  6. cuspated
  7. cusped
  8. cuspid
  9. cuspidate
  10. cuspidated