boggy
Americanadjective
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containing or full of bogs.
It was difficult walking through the boggy terrain.
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wet and spongy.
The ground is boggy under foot.
Other Word Forms
- bogginess noun
- unboggy adjective
Etymology
Origin of boggy
Explanation
Boggy places are wet, muddy, and sloppy. If you plan to hike through that boggy wetland, you're going to have to wear your waterproof boots! The adjective boggy means "like a bog," and a bog is a swampy wetland with a whole lot of moss. Marshes and swamps, while not bogs, can definitely be described as boggy. Your boggy yard isn't quite right for the vegetable garden you planted. Next year, you should try some cattails — they love that soggy dampness.
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Example Sentences
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Grassy hills and boggy ditches are Megan Keith's happy place.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026
"The hills look burnt," he said, adding that peatland, usually wet and boggy, "is now crunchy" underfoot.
From BBC • May 20, 2025
He leads a group of fellow local walkers as they stomp through a boggy field, shoulders heavy with spades, and a wooden post.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024
It took 60 years but a postulator from the Vatican finally came to Richard, a lonesome patch of boggy farmland in southern Louisiana’s rice belt, last December.
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2022
Some snowdrops'd come out in the boggy spot, by Dad's greenhouse.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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