marshy
/ˈmɑːʃi
/adjective (marshier, marshiest)
Characteristic of or resembling a marsh; waterlogged: the marshy ground towards the sea...
- In the summer, they breed on marshy, lowland tundra at the northern limits of the boreal forest.
- They nest in the low Arctic, on tundra ponds with marshy shores and bogs.
- It was a large, indoor school that sat upon a sandy island surrounded by marshy swampland.
Synonyms
boggy, swampy, muddy, squelchy, soggy, waterlogged, oozy, squashy, miry, fenny;
Scottish & Northern English mossy
technical paludal, paludine
rare marish, quaggy, uliginous
Derivatives
marshiness
- Various features including circular and curvilear features on ground that is level with tendency to marshiness.
- From what it sounded like, the trees fell, and over several summers sank into the mushy tundra marshiness.
- Because of its marshiness and flat topography, Savannah is prone to flooding.