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flaccid

Syllables: flac·cid/ˈflæ(k)sɪd/

flaccid adjective: flabby; lacking firmness or muscle tone.

Adjective

flaccid (comparative more flaccid, superlative most flaccid)

  1. Flabby; lacking firmness or muscle tone.
    • Colonel Korn, a stocky, dark, flaccid man with a shapeless paunch, sat completely relaxed on one of the benches in the front row, his hands clasped comfortably over the top of his bald and swarthy head.1955, Joseph Heller, chapter 13, in Catch-22, page 140
    Synonyms:
    limp
    Antonyms:
    firm
  2. Soft; floppy.
    • The combatants with rage most horrible
      Strove, and their eyes started with cracking stare,
      And impotent their tongues they lolled into the air,
      Flaccid and foamy, like a mad dog’s hanging; […]1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC...
    1. (specifically) Not erect.
      • They first measured along the top surface of the flaccid penis, [...]2006, Simon LeVay, Sharon McBride Valente, Human Sexuality, page 93
  3. Lacking energy or vigor.
    • The flaccid economy of the 1970s rendered Americans even more hostile toward liberal welfare policies.2006, Jeff Bloodworth, “"THE PROGRAM FOR BETTER JOBS AND INCOME": WELFARE REFORM, LIBERALISM, AND THE FAILED PRESIDENCY OF JIMMY CARTER.”, in International Social Science Review, volume 81, number...

flaccid meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

flaccid in Hindi

soft, floppy
ढीला ḍhīlā, शिथिल śithil, कोमल komal
flabby
शिथिल śithil, ढीला ḍhīlā, पिलपिला pilpilā, थुलथुल thulthul
lacking energy or vigor
शिथिल śithil, निष्क्रिय niṣkriya

flaccid in Tamil

தளர், துவள், மென்மயான, வலிவற்ற, வழப்பான, தொய்வு

flaccid in Urdu

ڈھیلا, پلپلا

flaccid in Bengali

নরম, শিথিল, দৃঢ়তাহীন
More languagesFewer languages
flaccid in Malayalam
അദൃഢമായ, ഉറപ്പില്ലാത്ത, അയഞ്ഞ, മൃദുവായ
flaccid in Kannada
ಮೆತ್ತಗಿನ, ಬಾಗಿದ, ಅಳವಿಲ್ಲದ

Synonyms of flaccid

Antonyms

Forms of flaccid

comparativemore flaccid
superlativemost flaccid

Origin of flaccid

Borrowed from Latin flaccid(us).

Words formed from flaccid

Questions about flaccid

What does flaccid mean?
Flaccid means flabby; lacking firmness or muscle tone.
What is flaccid in Hindi?
Flaccid in Hindi is ढीला (ḍhīlā), शिथिल (śithil), कोमल (komal). See Flaccid meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is flaccid?
Flaccid is an adjective.
How do you pronounce flaccid?
Flaccid is pronounced /ˈflæ(k)sɪd/.

Words near flaccid in the dictionary

  1. flabrigasted
  2. flabrigasting
  3. flabrigasts
  4. flabs
  5. FLAC
  6. flaccid
  7. flaccider
  8. flaccidities
  9. flaccidity
  10. flaccidly
  11. flaccidness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flaccid (page history and authors); flaccid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); flaccid (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); flaccid (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); flaccid (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); flaccid (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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