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waterlogged

adj · 3 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.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Soaked with water.

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

In danger of sinking because of excess water onboard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

(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, soggy, squashy, swampy

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English waterlog Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English waterlogged From waterlog + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: подгизнал (podgiznal) — soaked with water
  • Finnish: läpimärkä — soaked with water
  • Finnish: veden peitossa (oleva) — soaked with water
  • French: détrempé — soaked with water
  • German: wasserdurchtränkt — soaked with water
  • German: von Wasser durchtränkt — soaked with water
  • Irish: báite — soaked with water
  • Japanese: 浸水した (shinsui shita) — soaked with water
  • Māori: urutomo — soaked with water
  • Māori: pukewai — soaked with water
  • Māori: pukuwai — soaked with water
  • Polish: rozmokły — soaked with water
  • Spanish: inundado — soaked with water
  • Spanish: encharcado — soaked with water
  • Swedish: vattensjuk — soaked with water
  • Swedish: vattendränkt — soaked with water
  • Swedish: vattenfylld — soaked with water
  • Ottoman Turkish: صولاق (sulak) — soaked with water
  • Vietnamese: ngập nước — soaked with water
  • Vietnamese: úng nước — soaked with water
  • Welsh: dwrlawn — soaked with water
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