boggy

[ bog-ee, baw-gee ]

adjective

, bog·gi·er, bog·gi·est.

1. containing or full of bogs: bog:

   It was difficult walking through the boggy terrain.

2. wet and spongy:

   The ground is boggy under foot.

Other Words From

• boggi·ness noun
• un·boggy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of boggy¹

First recorded in 1580–90; bog ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

It ended in a broad open moor, stony; and full of damp boggy hollows, forlorn and desolate under the autumn sky.

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We worked rather towards Bertry, avoiding woods and boggy bits, but the line wasn't easy to keep.

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Occasionally a more insecure area was encountered, where one of us would go down to the thighs in the boggy ground.

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As the soil is soft, and the slope very gentle till near the Miosson, the bottom of this hollow may well have been boggy.

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Boggy pools there are, especially on the western side (all drained in our time).

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Related Words

• dirty
• dull
• filthy
• flat
• gloomy
• marshy
• sloppy
• sodden
• soggy
• swampy