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soggy

adj · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsɒɡi/
  • General-American: /ˈsɑɡi/
  • rhymes with -ɒɡi
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S AA1 G IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Soaked with moisture or other liquid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

uninteresting, dull

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a soggy film

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

slow and apathetic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she was fat and inert
  • a sluggish worker
  • a mind grown torpid in old age

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inert, sluggish, torpid

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the cake fell; it's a doughy mess

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: doughy

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

(of soil) soft and watery

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the ground was boggy under foot
  • a marshy coastline
  • miry roads
  • wet mucky lowland
  • muddy barnyard
  • quaggy terrain
  • the sloughy edge of the pond
  • swampy bayous

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From sog + -y.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sop nat — soaked with liquid
  • Bulgarian: намокрен (namokren) — soaked with liquid
  • Bulgarian: просмукан (prosmukan) — soaked with liquid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 湿透 (shītòu) — soaked with liquid
  • Dutch: doorweekt — soaked with liquid
  • Dutch: doorweekte — soaked with liquid
  • Dutch: klef — soaked with liquid
  • Dutch: wak — soaked with liquid
  • Esperanto: malsekega — soaked with liquid
  • Finnish: litimärkä — soaked with liquid
  • Finnish: likomärkä — soaked with liquid
  • French: trempé — soaked with liquid
  • Galician: enchoupado — soaked with liquid
  • Galician: augacento — soaked with liquid
  • Galician: auguento — soaked with liquid
  • German: durchnässt — soaked with liquid
  • German: feucht — soaked with liquid
  • German: durchweicht — soaked with liquid
  • German: pampig — soaked with liquid
  • Indonesian: melempem — soaked with liquid
  • Irish: fliuch — soaked with liquid
  • Italian: inzuppato — soaked with liquid
  • Māori: pukuwai — soaked with liquid
  • Portuguese: ensopado — soaked with liquid
  • Portuguese: encharcado — soaked with liquid
  • Russian: промокший (promokšij) — soaked with liquid
  • Spanish: remojado — soaked with liquid
  • Spanish: empapado — soaked with liquid
  • Spanish: aguachento — soaked with liquid
  • Swedish: blöt — soaked with liquid
  • Turkish: ıpıslak — soaked with liquid
  • Yiddish: צעווייקט (tseveykt) — soaked with liquid
  • Yiddish: צעקוואַטשעט (tsekvatshet) — soaked with liquid
  • Yiddish: נאַס (nas) — soaked with liquid
  • Yiddish: נאַסלעך (naslekh) — soaked with liquid
  • Yiddish: דורכגעווייקט (durkhgeveykt) — soaked with liquid
  • Yiddish: אַדורכגעווייקט (adurkhgeveykt) — soaked with liquid