soggy
AdjectiveUS[sog-ee]/ˈsɑɡi/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (3)soggier, soggiest
- (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”Synonyms: boggymarshymirymuckymuddyquaggysloppysloughysquashyswampywaterloggedOpposite drySimilar wet
- having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking“the cake fell: it's a doughy mess”Synonyms: doughyOpposite lightSimilar heavy
- slow and apathetic“she was fat and inert”“a sluggish worker”“a mind grown torpid in old age”Synonyms: inertsluggishtorpidOpposite activeSimilar inactive
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sog′gy adjective [Compar. Soggier; superlative Soggiest.]
Origin: Cf. Icel. söggr damp, wet, or E. soak.
Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet; as, soggy land or timber.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54