squashy
squashy adjective: easily squashed when pressed.
Adjective
squashy (comparative squashier, superlative squashiest)
- Easily squashed when pressed.
- a squashy tomato
- It was a typical bachelor's study, comfortable and old fashioned, with squashy armchairs and an old desk piled high with papers.1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 105
- Resembling a bog or marsh underfoot.
- Resembling a squash.
- Some might describe yellow squash as bland but others would say not. It's delicate and definitely squashy, but in this recipe, the saffron, basil, and umami boost from nutritional yeast make it something to reckon with.2014, Deborah Madison, The New Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed, →ISBN, page 190
squashy meaning in Malayalam
squashy in Malayalam
- resilient, springy, spongy
- മൃദുവായ, കുഴമ്പുപോലുള്ള, പതുപതുത്ത, പതു പതുപ്പള്ള, മാർദ്ദവമുള്ള, മയമുള്ള
- pulpy, mushy, pappy
- മൃദുവായ, മാർദ്ദവമുള്ള, ഞെങ്ങുന്ന, മയമുള്ള, ദ്രവരൂപമായ, കൊഴുത്ത
Forms of squashy
| comparative | squashier |
|---|---|
| superlative | squashiest |
Origin of squashy
From squash + -y.
Words formed from squashy
Questions about squashy
- What does squashy mean?
- Squashy means easily squashed when pressed.
- What is squashy in Malayalam?
- Squashy in Malayalam is മൃദുവായ, കുഴമ്പുപോലുള്ള, പതുപതുത്ത. See Squashy meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is squashy?
- Squashy is an adjective.
Words near squashy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: squashy (page history and authors); squashy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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