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SLOUGHY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sloughy mean?
• SLOUGHY (adjective)
The adjective SLOUGHY has 1 sense:
1. (of soil) soft and watery
Familiarity information: SLOUGHY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Comparative: sloughier
Superlative: sloughiest
Superlative: sloughiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of soil) soft and watery
Synonyms:
boggy; marshy; miry; mucky; muddy; quaggy; sloppy; sloughy; soggy; squashy; swampy; waterlogged
Context example:
swampy bayous
Similar:
wet (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water)
Derivation:
slough (a hollow filled with mud)
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