boggy

[ bog-ee, baw-gee ]

adjective

, bog·gi·er, bog·gi·est.

1. containing or full of bogs: bog:

   It was difficult walking through the boggy terrain.

2. wet and spongy:

   The ground is boggy under foot.

Other Words From

• boggi·ness noun
• un·boggy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of boggy¹

First recorded in 1580–90; bog ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Trenches hastily scratched out in the boggy soil of Flanders had become part of a continuous line of fortified trenches that stretched 475 miles from the English Channel to the Swiss Alps.

From Literature

The outfield is decidedly boggy out there as the Pears openers knock the ball around.

From BBC

What is more, this new boggy landscape can store more carbon over time.

From BBC

David Marshall hurling himself low on a boggy Serbian patch of grass.

From BBC

Read more about the boggy conditions at Burning Man here.

From BBC

Related Words

• dirty
• dull
• filthy
• flat
• gloomy
• marshy
• sloppy
• sodden
• soggy
• swampy