boggy

adjective

bog·​gy ˈbä-gē 

ˈbȯ-

boggier; boggiest

: consisting of, containing, resembling, or being a bog : swampy, marshy

boggy land

Beyond the neighborhood lies a boggy expanse of cordgrass …

—Sarah Schweitzer

… there was no trail, and it was boggy underfoot, which made walking difficult.

—E. B. White

Examples of boggy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Plants thrive in moist soil, and unlike other magnolias, sweet bay tolerates wet, boggy conditions, heavy clay, and salt. —Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 June 2025

Northport back then was a small fishing village—at one point, the mayor was also the funeral director—with boggy wetlands and rocky bluffs overlooking the bay. —Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 26 May 2025

Thursday’s news that Amazon had struck a deal with Bond rights holders Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson to seize creative control of the franchise means the longtime boggy stalemate between the two parties is over, and the new Bond will assuredly move forward. —James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2025

Our itinerary would take us from the drier — though still boggy — east of the country all the way to the misty mountains of the southwest, running for many hours each day. —Alexandra Kleeman, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1587, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for boggy

• doggie
• doggy
• foggy
• groggy
• soggy
• tragi
• yagi