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cushiony

cushiony

1 3.0
Soft and comfortable because it has cushions or soft padding
  • adjective
  • /ˈkʌʃəni/
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  • We sprawled out in our cushiony booth; our mothers lit cigarettes and poured us wine.
  • cushiony soft
  • cushiony chair
  • cushiony seats

It just gives like the nicest extra cushiony glow.

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Examples

  • You sat on a round, cushiony stool and steered with your feet while pumping two bellows.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Soft, cushiony seats!

    Fiction book (2002)
  • So this is the kind of cushiony bit at the front.

  • Right now it feels very cushiony, very wet.

  • Mine's got one of those cushiony seats.

  • Carefully, he set her down on the cushiony sofa.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • I sleep in a thicket, on soft green grass, covered with cushiony clover.

  • And it's the perfect time of year for warm merino wool and cushiony Sherpa slippers like these.

  • Lloyd's body softened, and the cement dissolved; a cushiony feeling spread through him, as though his limbs were swaddled in plush, warm blankets.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • I sat down on a cushiony armchair and curled up into a ball.

Synonyms

soft
vscushiony
552 1.0

Easily pressed when you touch it

adds the idea of internal padding and lasting comfortable support
comfortable
vscushiony
494 1.0

Not feeling pain or physical discomfort

is more specific about softness coming from padding and support
cozy
vscushiony
  • Literature
158 1.6

Warm and comfortable in a small friendly place

focuses more on physical padded comfort rather than general pleasant atmosphere
comfy
vscushiony
  • Informal
82 1.9

Making you feel relaxed and not in pain

is more about casual comfort and less about padded support
snug
vscushiony
28 1.4

Warm and comfortable, fitting closely to the body

is more about soft padding and yielding comfort than a tight fit
woolly
vscushiony
12 3.0

Soft and covered with thick hair like a sheep

focuses on internal padding and yielding comfort rather than fluffy surface
velvety
vscushiony
11 3.8

Smooth and very soft in touch, look, sound, or taste

is softer due to internal padding rather than only a smooth surface
plush
vscushiony
5 3.5

Very soft and thick to touch, making it comfortable to sit or lie on

is softer because it focuses on internal padding and support
snuggly
vscushiony
  • Informal
5 1.8

Soft, warm, and comfortable like when you cuddle

is more about padded physical comfort than affectionate closeness
pillowy
vscushiony
3 3.5

Having a soft, full, and fluffy feel like a cushion

is more about internal padding and long lasting yielding comfort
soft and squishy
vscushiony
1 2.8

Easy to press and feels like a sponge

stresses padded support and lasting comfort rather than just squishiness
velvet
vscushiony
1 3.3

Very smooth and soft to touch

is more about padded comfort and yielding support than smoothness
padded
vscushiony
1 3.0

Filled with soft material that makes something comfortable or protects it

implies softness comes from internal filling rather than only surface feel
cushioned
vscushiony
3.4

With soft padding that makes it more comfortable and absorbs shocks

is identical in meaning but emphasizes softness from internal padding
plush-like
vscushiony
4.9

Soft and thick like a stuffed toy

is softer due to filling and internal support rather than surface pile
plushy
vscushiony
4.6

Soft and thick like the fabric used for teddy bears

focuses more on padding and internal softness than on fabric pile
well-upholstered
vscushiony
6.0

Having thick, soft padding and a neat cover that makes it comfortable

stresses internal filling as the main source of comfortable softness
softish
vscushiony
3.0

Having a little give when you press it

is more fully soft and filled for enduring comfortable support
velvet-textured
vscushiony
5.1

Smooth and very soft to touch, sound, or taste, like chocolate

relies on internal filling for comfort not just surface feel
as soft as velvet
vscushiony
3.6

Very soft to the touch like velvet

is about softness from padding and support rather than only surface
felty
vscushiony
8.1

Soft and slightly fuzzy like a warm wool hat

is about padded internal softness rather than a fuzzy surface

Antonyms

764 1.0

Firm and not easy to bend, break, or pierce

713 1.7

Causing physical pain or making you feel uneasy in a situation

How Soft

plush
5 3.5
cushiony
1 3.0
padded
1 3.0
soft
552 1.0
firm
30 1.0
hard
764 1.0

Surface Forms

cushiony positive
cushionier comparative
cushioniest superlative

Morphology

cushiony = cushion (transparent) = cushion + y

Formed by adding the productive adjectival suffix '-y' to 'cushion', yielding 'having the qualities of or like a cushion'.

Etymology

Cushiony comes from the everyday word cushion, which originally named a soft pad used for sitting or resting. So, to call something cushiony is to say it is 'like a cushion', soft, padded and very comfortable.