SOGGY

inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid

(adjective) slow and apathetic; “she was fat and inert”; “a sluggish worker”; “a mind grown torpid in old age”

doughy, soggy

(adjective) having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking; “the cake fell; it’s a doughy mess”

boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged

(adjective) (of soil) soft and watery; “the ground was boggy under foot”; “a marshy coastline”; “miry roads”; “wet mucky lowland”; “muddy barnyard”; “quaggy terrain”; “the sloughy edge of the pond”; “swampy bayous”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

soggy (comparative soggier, superlative soggiest)

Soaked with moisture or other liquid.

Synonyms

• drenched, saturated, sodden; see also wet

Source: Wiktionary


Sog"gy, a. [Compar. Soggier; superl. Soggiest.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. söggr damp, wet, or E. soak.]

Definition: Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet; as, soggy land or timber.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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