Flabby meaning

flăbē
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Lacking firmness; limp and soft; flaccid.

Flabby muscles.

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Lacking force; weak.
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Lacking force, control, or effectiveness.
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Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh.
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(of wine) Having a slight lack of acidity; having mild sweetness.
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(of writing, etc.) Turgid or overwrought.
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Adjective

Base Form:
flabby
Comparative
flabbier
Superlative
flabbiest

Origin of flabby

  • Alteration of flappy tending to flap from flap

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Flabby Sentence Examples

  • They're cold and flabby, like cabbages, in spite of their prettiness.

  • His cheeks, which were so flabby that they looked heavier below, were twitching violently; but he wore the air of a man little concerned in what the two ladies were saying.

  • In the mean time we all breathe poisoned air and children grow flabby under house arrest.

  • With 2003 scorching most of Europe, the wine is impressive compared to other overripe, flabby wines tasting more like prune juice recently tasted from the same region.

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