soggy

[ sog-ee ]

adjective

, sog·gi·er, sog·gi·est.

1. soaked; thoroughly wet; sodden.
2. damp and heavy, as poorly baked bread.
3. spiritless, heavy, dull, or stupid:

   a soggy novel.

soggy

/ ˈsɒɡɪ /

adjective

1. soaked with liquid
2. (of bread, pastry, etc) moist and heavy
3. informal.
   lacking in spirit or positiveness

Derived Forms

• ˈsoggily, adverb
• ˈsogginess, noun

Other Words From

• soggi·ly adverb
• soggi·ness noun
• un·soggy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of soggy¹

1590–1600; dial. sog bog + -y ¹; compare Norwegian (dial.) soggjast to get soaked

Word History and Origins

Origin of soggy¹

C18: probably from dialect sog marsh, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

Plus, some don’t recognize the difference between a hard floor and carpet so you could end up with a soggy rug if you’re not careful.

From Popular-Science

Meanwhile, young Mars was soggy but not soaked, possibly offering far more opportunities for life to get started.

From Popular-Science

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission just wrapped up its two years at the asteroid Bennu, during which it found evidence of a soggy past.

From Popular-Science

They’ll likely be the soggiest too, but that’s part of their magic.

From Ozy

Carbonates are often deposited by water on Earth, strongly suggesting that Bennu used to be on the soggy side.

From Popular-Science

The expedition was short-circuited after they dug into soggy ground between 90 and 100 feet underground.

From The Daily Beast

Between the hills and us, soggy fires burned the bare cotton stalks of an early winter harvest.

From The Daily Beast

The French fries arrive soggy, the chicken having long since lost its crunch.

From The Daily Beast

Both are notoriously hard to please, always ticking contestants off for “soggy bottoms” or “underbaked” pastry.

From The Daily Beast

The unfortunate lighting and makeup combined to give him the skin tone of soggy cardboard.

From The Daily Beast

His rainproofed overcoat became quite soggy and damp on the inside, in spite of his efforts to shield himself from the rain.

From Project Gutenberg

He was unhurt, but he moved with shuffling steps, much like a tavern-loafer soggy from rum.

From Project Gutenberg

In due course they came to a glade through which ran a soggy, choked, little spring-creek.

From Project Gutenberg

Tabernacle was in the distance, while men and women waded through the soggy snows to be the first to reach the train.

From Project Gutenberg

Once we stripped our soggy clothes off to swim a river that faced us.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• humid
• moist
• muggy
• mushy
• saturated
• soaked
• sodden
• soft
• spongy
• sticky
• sultry
• waterlogged