soggy
Americanadjective
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soaked; thoroughly wet; sodden.
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damp and heavy, as poorly baked bread.
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spiritless, heavy, dull, or stupid.
a soggy novel.
adjective
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soaked with liquid
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(of bread, pastry, etc) moist and heavy
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informal lacking in spirit or positiveness
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of soggy
1590–1600; dial. sog bog + -y 1; compare Norwegian (dial.) soggjast to get soaked
Explanation
Soggy things are extremely wet or very soft and doughy. A soggy washcloth is dripping with water, and your soggy pizza dough sticks to the counter when you try to knead it. If your dog escapes while you're attempting to give him a bath, you'll have a soggy dog running around your house, and if you hang your laundry on the clothesline before a storm, you'll have a bunch of soggy clothes. The origin of this adjective is mysterious—we know it comes either from sog, meaning "bog or swamp" in an English dialect, or the obsolete verb sog, "become soaked."
Vocabulary lists containing soggy
Example Sentences
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Soggy conditions changed the dynamic of the course but not the difficulty as Burns and Spaun traded blows in the final group.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025
Soggy carrot sticks and ranch dip just don’t cut it when surrounded by mountains of queso with bratwurst, platters of bacon-wrapped poppers and enough food to feed a small army.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2024
Soggy papers discarded in the grass near the Rio Grande showed that a Haitian man who applied for a humanitarian visa in August would have had to wait until December for an appointment.
From Reuters • Sep. 24, 2021
A trick to remembering the order is to think “Never Eat Soggy Waffles.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 2, 2021
Mr. Soggy Potato Salad, who’d decided to break into McCoy’s house, jumped into the brawl at Finnegan’s, and helped bring Miles home.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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