Word
squishy
US/ˈskwɪʃi/
UK/skwˈɪʃi/
Definition
adj. soft and easy to press or squeeze. You use this to describe things like sponges, soft fruit, or mud.
adj. yielding easily to pressure; soft and moist in texture. Often used to describe physical objects or, metaphorically, ideas and data that lack firm definition.
Examples
“The mud was wet and squishy under my boots.”
“The peaches were a bit too squishy to eat, so we used them to make jam instead.”
“While the physical prototype felt squishy and durable, the engineers worried that the material would degrade quickly when exposed to direct sunlight over long periods.”
Examples
simple
“The mud was wet and squishy under my boots.”
contextual
“The peaches were a bit too squishy to eat, so we used them to make jam instead.”
complex
“While the physical prototype felt squishy and durable, the engineers worried that the material would degrade quickly when exposed to direct sunlight over long periods.”
Usage
Often follows linking verbs like 'feel', 'look', or 'become'.
Etymology
From squish + -y.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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