boggy
/ˈbɒɡi
/adjective (boggier, boggiest)
Too wet and muddy to be easily walked on; marshy: the shrub grows naturally in boggy ground...
- The path is flat but below the spring line, so there are boggy bits for muddy boots, wet zone rushes and grasses and little ponds.
- They are actually being used in this country to reclaim swampy, boggy land.
- Times were slow due to very muddy, boggy, wet conditions.
Synonyms
marshy, swampy, miry, fenny, mucky, muddy, waterlogged, wet, soggy, sodden, squelchy, oozy, slimy;
clogged, spongy, heavy, sloughy, soft, yielding;
Scottish & Northern English mossy, clarty
technical paludal, uliginose
archaic quaggy
Derivatives
bogginess
/ noun ...- Along with bogginess of the iris, there is an apparent loss of iris color and normal architecture.
- The bogginess extended from the knee to 10 cm above the ankle, yet the skin surface appeared normal.
- We recognize dampness as water retention, bloating and a sense of bogginess in the body.