soggy

sog·gy

adjective \ˈsä-gē, ˈsȯ-\

: heavy with water or moisture : completely wet and usually soft

sog·gi·ersog·gi·est

Full Definition of SOGGY

1

:  saturated or heavy with water or moisture: as

a :  waterlogged, soaked <a soggy lawn>

b :  heavy or doughy because of imperfect cooking <soggy bread>

2

:  heavily dull :  spiritless <soggy prose>

— sog·gi·ly \ˈsä-gÉ™-lÄ“, ˈsȯ-\ adverb

— sog·gi·ness \ˈsä-gÄ“-nÉ™s, ˈsȯ-\ noun

Yes, "irregardless" is a word. No, that
doesn't mean you should use it. »

Examples of SOGGY

1. The cereal got all soggy.
2. <spread the soggy papers out to dry>

Origin of SOGGY

English dialect sog to soak

First Known Use: 1599

Related to SOGGY

Synonyms

awash, bathed, bedraggled, doused (also dowsed), drenched, dripping, logged, saturate, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, wet, sopping, soppy, soused, washed, watered, waterlogged, water-soaked, watery

Antonyms

arid, dry, unwatered, waterless

Related Words

deluged, drowned, flooded, inundated, overflowed; submerged, swamped; hydrated; dipped, dunked, splashed; aqueous; steeped; flushed, irrigated, laved, rinsed, sluiced; clammy, damp, dampish, dank, humid, moist, semimoist, wettish; boggy, miry, seepy, sloppy, squashy

Near Antonyms

bone-dry, hyperarid, ultradry; waterproof, water-repellent, water-resistant, watertight; baked, dehydrated, freeze-dried; droughty, parched, sere (also sear), sunbaked, thirsty; wrung

Rhymes with SOGGY

boggy, groggy, moggy, smoggy, yagi