squashy

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adjective

Easily squashed when pressed.

“a squashy tomato”

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Meanings

adjectivesquashy (comparative squashier, superlative squashiest)

comparative squashier · superlative squashiest

  1. Easily squashed when pressed.

    a squashy tomato

    1 more example

    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
  2. Resembling a bog or marsh underfoot.
  3. 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

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivelike a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness

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pulpynonwoody

adjective(of soil) soft and watery

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boggymarshymirymuckymuddyquaggysloppysloughysoggyswampywaterloggedwet

adjectiveeasily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility

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boggymarshymirymuckymuddynonwoodypulpyquaggysloppysloughysoggyspongelikespongysquishyswampywaterlogged

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From squash + -y.

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APA

squashy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squashy

MLA

“squashy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squashy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “squashy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squashy.

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