flaccid
Syllables: flac·cid/ˈflæ(k)sɪd/
flaccid adjective: flabby; lacking firmness or muscle tone.
Adjective
flaccid (comparative more flaccid, superlative most flaccid)
- 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
- 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...
- Not erect.
- They first measured along the top surface of the flaccid penis, [...]2006, Simon LeVay, Sharon McBride Valente, Human Sexuality, page 93
- The combatants with rage most horrible
- 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
| comparative | more flaccid |
|---|---|
| superlative | most 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
Source and license
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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