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25 Adjectives That End With BY

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Word Definitions Synonyms
blabby (adjective) unwisely talking too much Synonyms: bigmouthed, blabbermouthed, talkative
blebby (adjective) (of glass or quartzite) marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign material Synonyms: blebbed
(adjective) covered with small blisters Synonyms: blistery
chubby (adjective) sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure Synonyms: embonpoint, plump
clubby (adjective) befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior Synonyms: clannish, cliquish, snobbish, snobby
(adjective) effusively sociable Synonyms: clubbish
cobwebby (adjective) covered with cobwebs
(adjective) so thin as to transmit light Synonyms: diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous
crabby (adjective) annoyed and irritable Synonyms: bad-tempered, crabbed, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered
flabby (adjective) out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance Synonyms: flaccid, soft
gabby (adjective) full of trivial conversation Synonyms: chatty, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, talky
grabby (adjective) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth Synonyms: avaricious, covetous, grasping, greedy, prehensile
grubby (adjective) infested with grubs
(adjective) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot Synonyms: begrimed, dingy, grimy, grungy, raunchy
knobby (adjective) having knobs Synonyms: knobbly
nearby (adjective) close at hand
nubby (adjective) of textiles; having a rough surface Synonyms: homespun, nubbly, slubbed, tweedy
ruby (adjective) of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies Synonyms: blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry-red, cherry, crimson, red, reddish, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet
scabby (adjective) covered with scabs
scrubby (adjective) inferior in size or quality Synonyms: scrawny, stunted
(adjective) sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush Synonyms: scrabbly
shabby (adjective) mean and unworthy and despicable
(adjective) showing signs of wear and tear Synonyms: moth-eaten, ratty, tatty
shrubby (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a shrub Synonyms: fruticose, fruticulose
snobby (adjective) befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior Synonyms: clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobbish
squabby (adjective) short and fat Synonyms: squab
standby (adjective) ready for emergency use
stubby (adjective) short and blunt
tabby (adjective) having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats Synonyms: brinded, brindle, brindled
tubby (adjective) short and plump Synonyms: dumpy, podgy, pudgy, roly-poly
webby (adjective) having open interstices or resembling a web Synonyms: lacy, netlike, netted, webbed, weblike

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