squashy meaning and definition

SQUASHY adjective

Definition of squashy (adjective)

1. like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness
   • synonyms: pulpy
2. (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"
   • synonyms: boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, swampy, waterlogged
3. easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility
   • "spongy bread"
   • synonyms: spongelike, spongy, squishy