Synonyms for Squashy & Similar Words
Definition of squashy
- adjective
- like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness
- (of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous"
- easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread"
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