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sludgy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of sludgy

full of or covered with soft wet earth

a sludgy riverbed

Synonyms of sludgy

miry, mucky, muddy, oozy, slimy, slushy

Words Related to sludgy

clayey, loamy, roily, silty

befouled, begrimed, cruddy, dirty, filthy, foul, grimy, grotty [chiefly British], grubby, grungy, gunky, impure, smutty, soiled, squalid, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleanly

Near Antonyms of sludgy

antiseptic, clean, cleanly, immaculate, pristine, sparkling, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless, squeaky-clean, unsoiled, unstained, unsullied

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