flabby

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈflæb.i/

Adjective

flabby (comparative flabbier, superlative flabbiest)

1. Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.
2. (of wine) Having a slight lack of acidity; having mild sweetness.
3. (of writing, etc.) overwrought.
4. (math) Which forms a surjection from the domain to every open subset of the codomain.

   a flabby sheaf on a paracompact space

Synonyms

• (having a slight lack of acidity) flat

Antonyms

• (yielding to the touch) muscled, taut

Translations

• French: ramolli, flasque
• Italian: flaccido, moscio
• Portuguese: flácido
• Russian: дряблый
• Spanish: flácido, fofo, lacio

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