boggy

[ bog-ee, baw-gee ]

/ ˈbɒg i, ˈbɔ gi /

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adjective, bog·gi·er, bog·gi·est.

containing or full of bogs: It was difficult walking through the boggy terrain.

wet and spongy: The ground is boggy under foot.

RELATED WORDS

soggy, flat, swampy, marshy, dull, gloomy, dirty, sloppy, filthy, sodden, addled, confused, foul, black, obscure, soiled, blurred, caked, miry, mucky

Nearby words

bogger, bogging, boggle, boggle the mind, boggler, boggy, boghazköy, boghead coal, bogie, bogle, bogman

Origin of boggy

First recorded in 1580–90; bog¹ + -y¹

Related forms

bog·gi·ness, nounun·bog·gy, adjective

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Examples from the Web for boggy

We fought our way through the oak wood, and out over a boggy bounds ditch into open country at last.
All on the Irish Shore|E. Somerville and Martin Ross
Quagmire, kwag′mīr, n. wet, boggy ground that yields under the feet.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
Calla palustris is a beautiful bog–plant, and I know nothing that produces a more pleasing effect over rich, soft, boggy ground.
The Wild Garden|William Robinson
That part of the Fens is uninhabited, a boggy, marshy, ghostly spot which no one in the whole countryside will cross at night.
The Riddle of the Frozen Flame|Mary E. Hanshew

The damper proved "just a bit boggy" in the middle, so we ate the crisp outside slices and gave the boggy parts to the boys.
We of the Never-Never|Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn