adjective
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easily squashed; pulpy
a squashy peach
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soft and wet; marshy
squashy ground
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having a squashed appearance
a squashy face
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Origin of squashy
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We sit on the white, squashy couch on my glassed-in front porch, watching passersby watching us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
Who is the adorable raisin sitting on the squashy chair surrounded by more fans than anyone else in the room?
From Washington Post ● Feb. 29, 2016
Upstairs, the sofas are leather-clad and squashy under a vaulted ceiling painted with a blue sky, gold stars and signs of the zodiac.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2014
Group work often produces a buzz phenomenon: the group really feels it is achieving something on the squashy sofas.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2014
They all scrambled through it — Neville needed a leg up — and found themselves in the Gryffindor common room, a cozy, round room full of squashy armchairs.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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