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Definitions for Flabby

[1] hanging loosely or limply, as flesh or muscles; flaccid.
[2] having such flesh.
[3] lacking strength or determination.
[4] lacking firmness; loose or yielding flabby muscles
[5] having flabby flesh, esp through being overweight
[6] lacking vitality; weak; ineffectual

Words related to Flabby

lax, sloppy, drooping, enervated, flaccid, floppy, hanging, limp, loose, pendulous, rusty, shapeless, slack, soft, tender, unfit, yielding, flexuous, sagging, toneless

Words nearby Flabby

fl. oz., fla., flab, flabbergast, flabbergasted, flabby, flabellate, flabelli-, flabellum, flaccid, flack

Origin of Flabby

1690–1700; apparently expressive alteration of earlier flappy, with same sense; see flap, -y1; compare late Middle English flabband (attested once), evidently with sense “flapping”

Other words from Flabby

flab·bi·ly , adverb
flab·bi·ness , noun

Word origin for Flabby

C17: alteration of flappy , from flap + -y 1 ; compare Dutch flabbe drooping lip

Synonyms for Flabby

lax, sloppy, drooping, enervated, flaccid, flexuous, floppy, gone to seed, hanging, irresilient, limp, loose, out of condition, out of shape, pendulous, rusty, sagging, shapeless, slack, soft, tender, toneless, unfit, yielding