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cushy
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cush·y  (ksh)
adj. cush·i·er, cush·i·est Informal
Making few demands; comfortable: a cushy job.

[Origin unknown.]

cushi·ly adv.
cushi·ness n.
Word History: Since cushy has a breezy American ring, it is difficult to believe that it is an import, as some etymologists claim. Members of the British army in India are supposed to have picked up the Anglo-Indian version of the Hindi word hu, meaning "pleasant," to which the suffix -y, as in empty and sexy, was added to form a new English word. Cushy, however, was first recorded in a letter from the European battlefront during World War I. This fact, in conjunction with our inability to find an Anglo-Indian source, casts some doubt on the Hindi or Anglo-Indian origin of cushy. Two other possibilities are that cushy is a shortening of cushion with the -y suffix or that it is a borrowing of French couchée, "lying down; a bed."

cushy [ˈkʊʃɪ]
adj cushier, cushiest
Informal easy; comfortable a cushy job
[from Hindi khush pleasant, from Persian khōsh]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.cushy - not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship; "what a cushy job!"; "the easygoing life of a parttime consultant"; "a soft job"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
easy - posing no difficulty; requiring little effort; "an easy job"; "an easy problem"; "an easy victory"; "the house is easy to heat"; "satisfied with easy answers"; "took the easy way out of his dilemma"

cushy
adjective (Informal) easy, soft, comfortable, undemanding, jammy (Brit. slang) He's had a very cushy life so far.
Translations
cushy [ˈkʊʃɪ] ADJ (cushier (compar) (cushiest (superl))) a cushy jobun chollo, un hueso(Mex)
to have a cushy life or timetener la vida arreglada

cushy [ˈkʊʃi] adj [lifestyle] → peinard(e) >
a cushy job → un boulot de tout repos
to have a cushy time → se la couler douce

cushy
adj (+er) (inf)bequem; to have a cushy time of it, to be onto a cushy numbereine ruhige Kugel schieben (inf); a cushy jobein gemütlicher or ruhiger Job; that job is a cushy numberin dem Job reißt man sich (dat)kein Bein aus (inf)

cushy [ˈkʊʃɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) a cushy jobun lavoro di tutto riposo

cushy
adj cushy [ˈkuʃi]
easy and comfortable a cushy job. gemaklike مُريح، سَهْل удобен lehký a příjemný let; magelig bequem άνετος, εύκολος chollo mugav, soe (koht) آسان؛ بی دردسر lokoisa tranquille נוֹח आसान, सरल lagodan kényelmes enak þægilegur facile 楽な 편한 lengvas, pelningas silta vietiņa mudah dan menyenangkan makkelijk makelig, behagelig, lett intratny, wygodny fácil comod тёпленький pohodlný, ľahký udoben lagodan bekväm, behaglig, latmans- ง่ายและไม่ยาก kolay 容易的,舒適的 легкий, приємний آرام ده، آسان nhàn hạ


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