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sludge

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1 soft wet earth

after a day of heavy rain, the fairgrounds had turned into pure sludge

Synonyms of sludge

guck (or gook), mire, muck, mud, ooze, slime, slop, slush

Words Related to sludge

clay, dirt, gravel, humus, loam, sand, soil

2 something (as a work of literature or music) that is too sentimental

I can't bring myself to read that sludge

Synonyms of sludge

corn, goo, mush, schmaltz (also schmalz), slush, soap opera, sorghum

Words Related to sludge

claptrap, drivel, rubbish, tripe

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