What is "flaccid" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does flaccid mean in English? Meaning of flaccid definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "flaccid" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "flaccid": drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness

Adjective

  • Meaning: drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness
  • Example: a flaccid penis
  • Synonyms: flaccid
  • Similar: soft
  • Meaning of "flaccid": out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance

    Adjective

  • Meaning: out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
  • Example: he was too soft for the army flabby around the middle flaccid cheeks
  • Synonyms: flabby flaccid soft
  • Similar: unfit
  • Adjective: Flabby. 1955, Joseph Heller, Catch-22, chapter 13, page 140: 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, Catch-22, chapter 13, page 140: 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.Soft; floppy. 2006, Simon LeVay, Sharon McBride Valente, Human Sexuality, page 93: They first measured along the top surface of the flaccid penis, [...]2006, Simon LeVay, Sharon McBride Valente, Human Sexuality, page 93: They first measured along the top surface of the flaccid penis, [...]Lacking energy or vigor. 2006, Jeff Bloodworth, “"THE PROGRAM FOR BETTER JOBS AND INCOME": WELFARE REFORM, LIBERALISM, AND THE FAILED PRESIDENCY OF JIMMY CARTER.”, International Social Science Review, volume 81, number 3/4, page 135-150:  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.”, International Social Science Review, volume 81, number 3/4, page 135-150:  The flaccid economy of the 1970s rendered Americans even more hostile toward liberal welfare policies.
  • Synonyms:

    debilitated, enervated, flabby, flimsy, inelastic, lax, limp, loose, nerveless, slack, soft, weak, weakened, quaggy, emasculated, enfeebled, irresilient, sapped,

    Antonyms:

    taut, firm, tight,

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    flaccid in English: flaccid
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