squashiness

Easily compressed quality

The quality of being soft and yielding to pressure, like overripe fruit or wet ground.

Squashiness describes textures that compress easily and don't spring back: the squashiness of the muddy path, the squashiness of an old mattress.

The word can extend to things lacking firmness or rigor: the squashiness of his arguments.

compressibility

pliability

Ability to bend easily

deformability · moldability · resilience · plasticity · suppleness · ductility · bendability · conformability · collapsibility · squeezability

texture

softness

Yielding to gentle pressure

doughiness · gooeyness · squishiness · fluffiness · cushioning · springiness · bounciness · rubberiness · give · plushness

wetness

sogginess

Saturated, limp condition

waterlogged · saturated · mire · quagmire · sludge · dampness · muddiness · swampiness · marshiness · sponginess

overripe

mushiness

Soft, pulpy quality

bruising · browning · mush · ooze · fermentation · decay · spoilage · breakdown · disintegration · puree

Opposites
physical texture/compressibility

squashinesshardness

Resistance to penetration

firmness · stiffness · solidity · rigidity · rockiness

firmness/resilience

squashinessspringiness

Capacity for elastic recovery

bounciness · elasticity · resilience · tautness · tenseness

structural integrity

squashinessrigidity

State of being unbending

sturdiness · robustness · solidness · stability · durability

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G