ˈflabē, -bi adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: alteration of flappy
1. of body tissues
a. : slack and flaccid : yielding to the touch and easily moved or shaken : lacking tone and resilience or firmness
a sagging flabby belly hanging over his belt
b. : weak and enfeebled
muscles flabby from disuse
2. : weak and ineffective : feeble
flabby liberals
dull flabby writings
sometimes : tending to cause a flabby state (as of the mind or will)
roused from his flabby despondency