flabby

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈflæb.i/
• Rhymes: -æbi

Adjective

flabby (comparative flabbier, superlative flabbiest)

1. Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh.
   • 1867 December 28, John Wades, “External Manual Pressure during Labour”, The British Medical Journal, volume 2, page 601: 

     My attention was accidentally drawn to this aid, some five or six years ago, while attending a lady (multipara) in her confinement, who suffered from umbilical hernia, with large flabby abdomen.

2. (of wine) Having a slight lack of acidity; having mild sweetness.
3. (of writing, etc.) Turgid or overwrought.

Antonyms

• (yielding to the touch): muscled

Synonyms

• (having a slight lack of acidity): flat

Translations

yielding to the touch

• Bulgarian: мек (bg) (mek), отпуснат (bg) (otpusnat)
• Dutch: slap (nl), flabberig (nl)
• French: ramolli (fr), flasque (fr)
• Indonesian: lembek (id)
• Irish: feolmhar (ga)

• Italian: flaccido (it), moscio (it)
• Latvian: ļumīgs (lv) m
• Maori: ngehe (mi), ngehengehe (mi)
• Russian: дряблый (ru) (drjablyj)
• Sundanese: biyé (su)

wine: having a lack of acidity

• Dutch: slap (nl)

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