squashy adj

squashy adj
['skwɒʃɪ]
(fruit) molle, (cushion etc) morbido (-a)

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  • squashy — squash•y [[t]ˈskwɒʃ i, ˈskwɔ ʃi[/t]] adj. squash•i•er, squash•i•est 1) easily squashed; pulpy: squashy fruit[/ex] 2) soft and wet: squashy ground[/ex] 3) having a squashed appearance • Etymology: 1690–1700 squash′i•ly, adv. squash′i•ness, n …   From formal English to slang

  • squashy — squashily, adv. squashiness, n. /skwosh ee, skwaw shee/, adj., squashier, squashiest. 1. easily squashed; pulpy. 2. soft and wet, as the ground after rain. 3. having a squashed appearance. [1690 1700; SQUASH1 + Y1] * * * …   Universalium

  • squashy — squash|y [ˈskwɔʃi US ˈskwa:ʃi, ˈskwo:ʃi] adj BrE informal soft and easy to press …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • squash — 1. v. & n. v. 1 tr. crush or squeeze flat or into pulp. 2 intr. (often foll. by into) make one s way by squeezing. 3 tr. pack tight, crowd. 4 tr. a silence (a person) with a crushing retort etc. b dismiss (a proposal etc.). c quash (a rebellion) …   Useful english dictionary

  • squidgey — Adj. Feeling soft, squashy or soggy. E.g. I think the ground s a little too squidgey for cricket today. Informal …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • mucky — adj 1. muddy, oozy, miry, quagmiry; sloshy, slushy, sloppy, sludgy, squelchy; squashy, squishy, soft, splashy, plashy; feculent, foul, turbid, fetid, reeky; fecal, excrementitious, Physiol. stercora ceous. 2. filthy, dirty, grimy, smudgy, soiled …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • muddy — adj 1. miry, mucky, oozy, sludgy, slushy, sloshy, sloppy, squashy, squishy, squelchy, slimy, feculent; dirty, grimy, grubby, Sl. grungy; boggy, marshy, swampy, fenny, quaggy, sloughy, turbid. 2. dingy, sooty, smoky, smudgy, fulginous, murky;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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