flaccidness

State of drooping

Flaccidness is the state of being soft and limp rather than firm.

The word applies to muscle tissue that has lost tone, to wilted plants, or to anything that should hold its shape but doesn't: the flaccidness of his handshake.

It often describes penile limpness, which makes even innocent uses sound faintly clinical or comic.

physical

limpness

State of lacking rigidity

droopiness · slackness · looseness · pliability · sponginess · squishiness · mushiness · fleshiness · tonelessness · atony

muscular

weakness

Deficiency in force

enervation · frailty · fatigue · exhaustion · hypotonia · paresis · wasting · deterioration · deconditioning · enfeeblement

erectile

impotence

Lack of strength or power

nonperformance · incapacity · failure · inadequacy

lethargy

listlessness

Absence of energy, enthusiasm

inertia · apathy · indolence · passivity · malaise · weariness · enervation · lifelessness · spiritlessness · dullness

Opposites
physical tension/firmness

flaccidnessfirmness

Resistance to deformation

tautness · rigidity · stiffness · hardness · turgidity

vigor/vitality

flaccidnessvigor

Active physical strength

vitality · robustness · energy · strength · liveliness

force/intensity

flaccidnessforcefulness

Powerful assertive quality

intensity · potency · power · strength · punch

Family

flaccid, flaccidity

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG