cushy
cushy
Definition
cushy (ko̵os̸h′ē)
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.
