flabbiness
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5.0
- noun
- /ˈflæbɪnəs/
:
flacidez
- Yet he also deplored the intellectual flabbiness of his fellow conservatives: "When I see those who espouse my cause, I begin to wonder about the validity of my position."
Examples
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The flabbiness of their arguments and the poor quality of some of these papers attest to their not having been adequately tempered by peer review.
Blog text (28) -
The flabbiness of the American rhetoric of our time is one cause and, in part, an effect of larger losses.
Blog text (1) -
This is why, to guard against lean mass loss, flabbiness, and softness:
Blog text (7) -
Patricia realized the woman had no breasts, only a flabbiness, then the terrible expanse of gut.
Fiction book (1997) -
There must be thousands like Natale in every city of the world, people who dream of travel, but who have no one to go with, no extra money, no occasion, and so the great day is continually postponed, until the flabbiness sets in, not only in their flesh but in their dreams.
Fiction book (1992) -
The fact that skin does not acquire flabbiness even after pregnancy, dropsy, or after the disappearance of swelling proves this point.
Blog text (8) -
The flabbiness of its limbs smoothed away, and the muscle increased, flexing, firming.
Fiction book (1997) -
It is possible to accuse me of a lack of Zionism, it is possible to accuse me of flabbiness and weak-mindedness, but it is impossible to accuse me of hypocrisy.
Blog text (1) -
The doctor explained that flabbiness in the abdomen can be improved with exercise and a healthy diet.
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After months of inactivity, he noticed a troubling flabbiness in his arms and decided to start weightlifting.
Synonyms
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9.6
Lack of firmness that makes something soft and limp
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4.1
Lack of firmness or strength that makes something hang down
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8.2
A condition in which muscles or other body tissues are loose and make joints unstable
Soft and loose like a stuffed animal with no firm shape
Looseness in muscles or joints that makes movement feel weak
A state when something is loose rather than tight
A part that hangs down, like skin or a mattress, after losing support
Antonyms
How Firm
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Flabbiness comes from an old Latin word flaccus meaning 'limp' or 'soft', and the same root appears in the English word flaccid. So flabbiness describes being 'soft' or 'lacking firmness', like loose muscles or skin.