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flabby [ˈflæbɪ] adj -bier, -biest
1. lacking firmness; loose or yielding flabby muscles 2. having flabby flesh, esp through being overweight 3. lacking vitality; weak; ineffectual [alteration of flappy, from flap + -y1; compare Dutch flabbe drooping lip] flabbily adv flabbiness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
flabby adjective 1. limp, hanging, loose, slack, unfit, sagging, sloppy, baggy, floppy, lax, drooping, flaccid, pendulous, toneless, yielding bulging thighs and flabby stomach limp hard, strong, firm, tough, tight, solid, tense, taut 2. weak, ineffective, feeble, impotent, wasteful, ineffectual, disorganized, spineless, effete, boneless, nerveless, enervated, wussy (slang), wimpish or wimpy (informal) Many signs of flabby management remain. Translations flabby [ˈflæbɪ] ADJ (flabbier (compar) (flabbiest (superl))) (= soft) → fofo; (= fat) → gordo (fig) → flojo, soso flabby adj (+er) thighs, stomach, muscles, skin → schlaff; person also → schwabbelig (inf); (fig: = ineffectual) → schlaff; he’s getting flabby (round the middle) → er setzt (um die Taille) Speck an flabby [ˈflæbɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → flaccido/a, floscio/a flabby [ˈflæbɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → flaccido/a, floscio/a adj flabby [ˈflӕbi] loose and fat; not firm flabby cheeks. slap; slapperig مُتَرَهِّل، رَخْو отпуснат ochablý lasket; fedladen schlaff πλαδαρός fofo lõtv شل و ول veltto flasque רָפֶה ढीला, कमजोर mlohav, mlitav, opušten petyhüdt menggelambir linur, slappur, hvapholda flaccido たるんだ 축 늘어진 apdribęs slābs; ļengans; gļēvs menggeleber kwabbig blekfet, kvapset, slapp zwiotczały flácido fleşcăit дряблый ochabnutý mlahav mlitav fet och slapp, sladdrig หย่อนยาน (เนื้อ) sarkık, löp löp 鬆馳的 в'ялий; обвислий تھلتھلاتا ہوا، ڈھیلا ڈھالا nhũn; mềm; nhẽo nhèo 松驰的 flabby → رَخْو ochablý lasket schwabbelig πλαδαρός fofo veltto mou mlohav flaccido たるんだ 축 늘어진 kwabbig slapp sflaczały flácido дряблый slapp หย่อนยาน gevşek nhẽo nhèo 软弱的 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Brow and head were round and of massive weight, but the face was flabby and irresolute. Lorenzo de Medici was flabby and boneless; Rebecca was a thing of fire and spirit: he lacked energy and courage; Rebecca was plucky at two and dauntless at five. He gorged himself habitually at table, which made him bilious, and gave him a dim and bleared eye and flabby cheeks. |
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