marshy
US/ˈmɑɹʃi/
marshy adjective: of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
Adjective
marshy (comparative marshier, superlative marshiest)
- Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
- the marshy nature of the ground
- Nearer the coast, the land becomes markedly more marshy, with long, winding channels striking inland from the sea, making access to some of the waterside villages rather difficult.1950 December, R. C. J. Day and R. K. Kirkland, “The Kelvedon & Tollesbury Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 838
- Growing in marshy ground.
marshy meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
marshy in Tamil
- சதுப்பு
marshy in Urdu
- دلدلی
marshy in Malayalam
- swampy, boggy, muddy
- ചതുപ്പായ, ചെളിനിറഞ്ഞ, ചതുപ്പുനിലങ്ങൾ ഉൾക്കൊള്ളുന്ന, ചേറുനിറഞ്ഞ, ചേറായ, ചെളിയുള്ള
marshy in Kannada
- ಜವುಗು ಜವುಗಾದ, ಜವುಗು ಭೂಮಿಯಂಥ, ಜವುಗಾದ, ಚವುಳಾದ
More languagesFewer languages
- marshy in Assamese
- জলহুৱা zolohua
Synonyms of marshy
18 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Antonyms
Forms of marshy
| comparative | marshier |
|---|---|
| superlative | marshiest |
Origin of marshy
From Middle English mersshy, mershi, equivalent to marsh + -y.
Words formed from marshy
Questions about marshy
- What does marshy mean?
- Marshy means of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
- What is marshy in Tamil?
- Marshy in Tamil is சதுப்பு. See Marshy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is marshy?
- Marshy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce marshy?
- Marshy is pronounced /ˈmɑɹʃi/ (US).
Words near marshy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: marshy (page history and authors); marshy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); marshy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); marshy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); marshy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); জলহুৱা (Assamese) (page history and authors). 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.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-marshy.wav.
Cite this entry: “marshy.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/marshy. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.