boggy
US/ˈbɑ.ɡi/
boggy adjective: having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.
Adjective
boggy (comparative boggier, superlative boggiest)
- Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.
- The edge of the woods led out onto a noisome, boggy fen, a paradise for mosquitos and small frogs.
- Offer a bulky and boggy bun to the suspected individual just ten minutes before dinner. If this is eagerly accepted and devoured, the fact of youth is established.1860, Oliver Wendell Holmes, The professor at the breakfast-table: with the story of Iris
boggy meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Malayalam
boggy in Hindi
- boggy or marshy land usually close to the shore
- कच्छ kacch
boggy in Urdu
- دلدلی
boggy in Malayalam
- swampy, marshy, miry
- ചെളിയുള്ള, ചെളിനിറഞ്ഞ, ചേറുള്ള, ചതുപ്പായ, ചതുപ്പുനിലങ്ങൾ ഉൾക്കൊള്ളുന്ന, ജലാപ്ലൂതമായ
Examples of boggy in a sentence
- But the might-have-been is but boggy ground to build on.1924, Herman Melville, chapter 4, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
- As well as being a magnet for wildlife, Flow Country is also special for its valuable role in mitigating climate change, as the boggy ground provides a huge natural sink for carbon dioxide.2021 November 3, Paul Stephen, “As far north as you can go... to Thurso”, in RAIL, number 943, page 49:
Synonyms of boggy
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Forms of boggy
| comparative | boggier |
|---|---|
| superlative | boggiest |
Origin of boggy
From bog + -y.
Words formed from boggy
Words that rhyme with boggy
Questions about boggy
- What does boggy mean?
- Boggy means having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.
- What is boggy in Hindi?
- Boggy in Hindi is कच्छ (kacch). See Boggy meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use boggy in a sentence?
- But the might-have-been is but boggy ground to build on.
- What part of speech is boggy?
- Boggy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce boggy?
- Boggy is pronounced /ˈbɑ.ɡi/ (US).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: boggy (page history and authors); कच्छ (Hindi) (page history and authors); boggy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); boggy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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