Flabby
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈflæb.i/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Flabby is an adjective meaning Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.
Meaning
Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.
More Meanings
- (of wine) Having a slight lack of acidity; having mild sweetness.
- (of writing, etc.) overwrought.
- (mathematics) Which forms a surjection from the domain to every open subset of the codomain.
Example Sentences
a flabby sheaf on a paracompact space
An extremely hot region will give you flabby wine.
A flabby wine might be described as a wine in which nothing stands out.
The strings of some violins when up to pitch are loose and flabby; some are very taut and hard.
Word Forms
- flabbier
- flabbiest
Synonyms for flabby
Depending on context, synonyms include flat, soft, flaccid.
Antonyms for flabby
Common opposites include muscled, taut.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include flaccid, soft, limp, slack, flasque, fat.
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