fleshy
/ˈflɛʃi/
fleshy adjective: of, related to, or resembling flesh.
Adjective
fleshy (comparative fleshier or more fleshy, superlative fleshiest or most fleshy)
- Of, related to, or resembling flesh.
- Mr. Creakle . . . showed me the cane, and asked me what I thought of THAT? . . . Did it bite? At every question he gave me a fleshy cut with it that made me writhe.1850, Charles Dickens, chapter 7, in David Copperfield
- [O]ver reefs and banks of shining rock, a bristling beard of spiky and fleshy vegetation was straining into view.1901, H. G. Wells, chapter 8, in The First Men in the Moon
- Having considerable flesh; plump.
- The King's face was slightly more fleshy than mine, the oval of its contour the least trifle more pronounced.1894, Anthony Hope, chapter 3, in The Prisoner of Zenda
- He was a large fleshy man, weighing at least two hundred pounds, and he quickly became a faithful representation of a quivering jelly-mountain of fat.1908, Jack London, The Heathen
- Synonyms:
- corpulent, full-figured, porky, pudgy, well-covered
- Rich and smooth, with significant body or texture.
- a fleshy wine
fleshy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
fleshy in Hindi
- fleshy
- मांसल mānsal
fleshy in Tamil
- சதைப் பற்று, சதையுள்ள, சதையான
fleshy in Urdu
- دل دار, فربہ, گوشت دار, موٹا
fleshy in Malayalam
- chubby, plump, portly
- മാംസള, മേദുര, പുഷ്ടിയുള്ള, കൊഴുത്ത, തടിച്ച, വണ്ണിച്ച
More languagesFewer languages
- fleshy in Kannada
- ಮೈ ತುಂಬಿರುವ, ಮಾಂಸಲ, ಬೊಜ್ಜಿನ, ಮಾಂಸದಂಥ
- fleshy in Tagalog
- katasin, dapilag
Examples of fleshy in a sentence
- The cere is the fleshy spot just above the beak where the nostrils, or nares, are located.
- But we are, of course, sweaty, fleshy lady-animals – all fur and umami.
- The fleshy sacks that dangled down between his legs, like rotting ackees, wobbled.
Synonyms of fleshy
Antonyms
Forms of fleshy
| comparative | fleshier |
|---|---|
| comparative | more fleshy |
| superlative | fleshiest |
| superlative | most fleshy |
Origin of fleshy
From Middle English fleisshy, fleischy, fleschi, equivalent to flesh + -y. Piecewise doublet of fleischig.
Words formed from fleshy
Words that rhyme with fleshy
Questions about fleshy
- What does fleshy mean?
- Fleshy means of, related to, or resembling flesh.
- What is fleshy in Hindi?
- Fleshy in Hindi is मांसल (mānsal). See Fleshy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fleshy?
- Fleshy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce fleshy?
- Fleshy is pronounced /ˈflɛʃi/.
Words near fleshy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fleshy (page history and authors); मांसल (Hindi) (page history and authors); fleshy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fleshy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fleshy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); fleshy (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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