'flaccid' definitions:
Definition of 'flaccid'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'flaccid'
From: GCIDE
- flaccid \flac"cid\ (fl[a^]k"s[i^]d or fl[a^]s"s[i^]d), a. [L. flaccidus, fr. flaccus flabby: cf. OF. flaccide.] Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh. [1913 Webster]
- Religious profession . . . has become flacced. --I. Taylor. -- {flac"cid*ly} (fl[a^]k"s[i^]d*l[y^] or fl[a^]s"s[i^]d*l[y^]), adv. -- {flac"cid*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'flaccid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anemic,
- asthenic,
- bloodless,
- chicken,
- cowardly,
- debilitated,
- drooping,
- droopy,
- dull,
- effete,
- emasculated,
- etiolated,
- faint,
- faintish,
- feeble,
- flabby,
- flimsy,
- floppy,
- gone,
- gutless,
- imbecile,
- impotent,
- languid,
- languorous,
- lax,
- limber,
- limp,
- listless,
- loose,
- lustless,
- marrowless,
- nerveless,
- pithless,
- pooped,
- powerless,
- relaxed,
- rubbery,
- sapless,
- sapped,
- sinewless,
- slack,
- sleazy,
- soft,
- spineless,
- strengthless,
- unhardened,
- unnerved,
- unstrung,
- weak,
- weakened,
- weakly