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flab·by

 (flăb′ē)
adj. flab·bi·er, flab·bi·est
1.
a. Soft and hanging loosely or in folds: a flabby belly.
b. Having a body characterized by fleshiness or softness, as from being somewhat overweight: He is very flabby around the waist.
2. Lacking force, control, or effectiveness: "The stories will be filled with more action than plot.... There will be more clichéd lines, more flabby reaction shots, more slack and vacuous scenes" (Theodore Roszak).

[Alteration of flappy, tending to flap, from flap.]

flab′bi·ly adv.
flab′bi·ness n.
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flabby

(ˈflæbɪ)
adj, -bier or -biest
1. lacking firmness; loose or yielding: flabby muscles.
2. having flabby flesh, esp through being overweight
3. lacking vitality; weak; ineffectual
[C17: alteration of flappy, from flap + -y1; compare Dutch flabbe drooping lip]
ˈflabbily adv
ˈflabbiness n
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flab•by

(ˈflæb i)

adj. -bi•er, -bi•est.
1. lacking firmness or tone; flaccid: flabby muscles.
2. lacking determination; weak.
[1690–1700; appar. alter. of earlier flappy]
flab′bi•ly, adv.
flab′bi•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.flabby - out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance; "he was too soft for the army"; "flabby around the middle"; "flaccid cheeks"
unfit - not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service"
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flabby

adjective
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.
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flabby

adjective
Lacking in stiffness or firmness:
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Translations
مُتَرَهِّلمُتَرَهِّل، رَخْو
ochablý
lasketfedladen
veltto
mlohav
petyhüdt
linur, slappur, hvapholda
たるんだ
축 늘어진
gļēvsļengansslābs
flabberigkwabbigslap
ochabnutý
slapp
หย่อนยาน
nhẽo nhèo

flabby

[ˈflæbɪ] ADJ (flabbier (compar) (flabbiest (superl))) (= soft) → fofo; (= fat) → gordo (fig) → flojo, soso
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

flabby

[ˈflæbi] adj [person] → mou(molle); [flesh] → flasque
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

flabby

adj (+er) thighs, stomach, muscles, skinschlaff; person alsoschwabbelig (inf); (fig: = ineffectual) → schlaff; he’s getting flabby (round the middle)er setzt (um die Taille) Speck an
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

flabby

[ˈflæbɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → flaccido/a, floscio/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

flabby

(ˈflӕbi) adjective
loose and fat; not firm. flabby cheeks.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

flabby

مُتَرَهِّل 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 松弛的
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

flabby

a. blando-a, flojo-a; pop. fofo-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

flabby

adj (comp -bier; super -biest) fofo, flácido or fláccido, flojo
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Brow and head were round and of massive weight, but the face was flabby and irresolute.
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The bestial faces, daubed with color--the huge mouths and flabby hanging lips--the yellow teeth, sharp filed--the rolling, demon eyes--the shining naked bodies--the cruel spears.
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"They're cold and flabby, like cabbages, in spite of their prettiness."
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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Their lips were less flabby and pendent, and their eye-teeth did not look so much like fangs.
But this kiss had tasted soapsuds, and the lips, he had noticed, were flabby. There had been no quick, vigorous lip-pressure such as should accompany any kiss.
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"Where," asked he, with a look askance at them -- for it was the clergyman's peculiarity that he seldom, now-a-days, looked straight forth at any object, whether human or inanimate" where, my kind doctor, did you gather those herbs, with such a dark, flabby leaf?"