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flabbiness

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flab·by  (flb)
adj. flab·bi·er, flab·bi·est
1. Lacking firmness; flaccid: getting flabby around the waist. See Synonyms at limp.
2. Lacking force or vitality; ineffectual: flabby self-pity.
[Alteration of flappy, tending to flap, from flap.]
flabbi·ly adv.
flabbi·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.flabbiness - a flabby softness
flaccidity, limpness
softness - the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded
Translations
flabbiness [ˈflæbɪnɪs] N
1. (= chubbiness) → gordura f
2. (fig) [of speech, argument] → flojedad f, debilidad f
flabbiness
n (of thighs, stomach, muscles, skin) → Schlaffheit f; (of person) → Schwabbeligkeit f (inf); (fig: = ineffectual nature) → Schlaffheit f
flabbiness [ˈflæbɪnɪs] n (of flesh) → flaccidezza
flabbiness [ˈflæbɪnɪs] n (of flesh) → flaccidezza


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This purse was of a thinness, a flabbiness, a hollowness, which did not escape the eye of Cropole.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
He was growing stout and soft, and there was unwonted flabbiness in his muscles.
Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context
Her skin, so brown and hardened, had not that look of flabbiness, as if the sap beneath it had been secretly drawn away.
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