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Meaning of 'soggy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Soggy [ superl.]
- Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet; as, soggy land or timber.

Meaning of 'soggy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . soggy [ s]
Meaning (1):
- (of soil) soft and watery
Example in sentence:
  • a marshy coastline;
  • miry roads;
  • muddy barnyard;
  • quaggy terrain;
  • swampy bayous;
  • the ground was boggy under foot;
  • the sloughy edge of the pond;
  • wet mucky lowland
Meaning (2):
- slow and apathetic
Example in sentence:
  • a mind grown torpid in old age;
  • a sluggish worker;
  • she was fat and inert
Meaning (3):
- having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking
Example in sentence:
  • the cake fell; it's a doughy mess

Nearby Words:

sogginess

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