marshy

marshy
adjective
(of soil) soft and watery
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the ground was boggy under foot

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a marshy coastline

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miry roads

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wet mucky lowland

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muddy barnyard

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quaggy terrain

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the sloughy edge of the pond

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swampy bayous

Syn:
boggy, ↑miry, ↑mucky, ↑muddy, ↑quaggy, ↑sloppy, ↑sloughy, ↑soggy, ↑squashy, ↑swampy, ↑waterlogged
Similar to: ↑wet
Derivationally related forms:
swamp (for: ↑swampy), ↑sogginess (for: ↑soggy), ↑slough (for: ↑sloughy), ↑sloppiness (for: ↑sloppy), ↑slop (for: ↑sloppy), ↑quag (for: ↑quaggy), ↑mud (for: ↑muddy), ↑muddiness (for: ↑muddy), ↑mire (for: ↑miry), ↑marsh, ↑bog (for: ↑boggy)

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  • marshy — marsh y (m[aum]rsh [y^]), a. [E. {Marsh}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Resembling a marsh; wet; boggy; fenny. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or produced in, marshes; as, a marshy weed. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • marshy — (adj.) late 14c., from MARSH (Cf. marsh) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Marshiness …   Etymology dictionary

  • marshy — [adj] swampy boggy, fenny, miry, moory, mucky, paludal, quaggy, soggy; concept 509 …   New thesaurus

  • marshy — [mär′shē] adj. marshier, marshiest 1. of, consisting of, or containing a marsh or marshes 2. like a marsh; soft and wet; boggy; swampy 3. growing in marshes marshiness n …   English World dictionary

  • marshy — UK [ˈmɑː(r)ʃɪ] / US [ˈmɑrʃɪ] adjective Word forms marshy : adjective marshy comparative marshier superlative marshiest marshy land is soft and wet …   English dictionary

  • marshy — adjective (marshier; est) Date: 14th century 1. resembling or constituting a marsh < marshy ground > 2. relating to or occurring in marshes < marshy vegetation > • marshiness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • marshy — [[t]mɑ͟ː(r)ʃi[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Marshy land is always wet and muddy. ...the broad, marshy plain of the River Spey …   English dictionary

  • marshy — adjective a) Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy. b) Growing in marshy ground …   Wiktionary

  • marshy — adj. Marshy is used with these nouns: ↑ground, ↑terrain …   Collocations dictionary

  • marshy — marsh ► NOUN ▪ an area of low lying land which is flooded in wet seasons or at high tide and typically remains waterlogged. DERIVATIVES marshy adjective. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

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