squashy
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3.6
- adjective
- /ˈskwɑːʃi/
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blando
- I just hope we don't wake up on Mars or something surrounded by millions of little squashy guys.
And a tuber is sort of a bit like a starchy below ground potato squashy kind of thing.
- And a tuber is sort of a bit like a starchy below ground potato squashy kind of thing.
- It hasn't hard exterior casing, but then the inside is just like this kind of squashy, like pumpkiny, like delicious fruit.
Examples
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Well, the ungrafted plants have indeed collapsed, and any tomatoes left on those vines are squashy and nasty.
Blog text (8) -
The squashy marshmallow melted in my mouth and left a sweet flavor.
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I want you to wake up in the night And see your own squashy, putrid little soul.
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This time she'd stuffed everything into a squashy suitcase the size of a microwave.
Fiction book (1999) -
And a tuber is sort of a bit like a starchy below ground potato squashy kind of thing.
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We've got, we've got a medium rare sausage, we have a, we have a squashy salad that they only ate the sweets from.
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It hasn't hard exterior casing, but then the inside is just like this kind of squashy, like pumpkiny, like delicious fruit.
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Using a model of a Mulberry Bayswater, the company gently presents a fashionable, squashy satchel with its sassy draped handle, which is definitely the most wanted bag of 2012.
Blog text (1) -
He enjoyed the softness of the squashy pillow as he leaned back to relax.
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After being left out in the rain, the once firm fruit was now quite squashy.
Synonyms
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1.1
Covered in mud and hard to walk on
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3.0
Soft and easy to squeeze, often a little wet and spongy
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2.0
Soft and wet like cooked vegetables or very ripe bananas
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1.9
Very wet, soft ground that is often muddy after rain
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2.2
Soft and full of small holes that soak up liquid easily
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2.9
Soft, wet ground that is difficult to walk on
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4.5
Soft and wet like mashed fruit
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1.8
Soft wet land that often has shallow water
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1.6
Soft, wet ground that is hard to walk on
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5.2
Ground that is full of water and too soft to walk on or grow plants
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5.6
Soft wet ground that is hard to walk on
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2.8
Easy to press and feels like a sponge
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7.4
Soft and a little wet so you can squeeze it easily
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2.8
Easy to press by hand to change shape or let out what is inside
Feels squishy and a little wet when pressed
Soft and mushy in texture like overcooked porridge
Soft, moist texture like a thick soup
Soft and full of small holes that soak up liquids
Easy to press by hand, like a soft tube or bottle
Easy to press so it loses its shape
Soft, wet ground that feels like deep mud
Soft wet ground that makes walking difficult
Very muddy, soft ground that is hard to walk on
Antonyms
How Soft
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Squashy comes from the verb squash ('to crush' or 'press down') plus the ending -y that makes an adjective, so it literally means 'easy to squash'. That's why squashy describes something soft and quickly crushed, like a ripe peach or wet ground.