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swampy

swampy adjective: soggy and marshy; wet like a swamp.

Adjective

swampy (comparative swampier, superlative swampiest)

  1. Soggy and marshy; wet like a swamp.
    • swampy land
    • swampy armpits
  2. Flowing smoothly with no harsh tones but possibly including muddy tones.
    • Fogerty’s voice is raw but focused, they can stretch out on Born on the Bayou and Suzie Q, but can be succinct, punchy and still just as evocatively swampy on Green River. They have punch – this is easily the best set so far.2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian

swampy meaning in Malayalam and Tagalog

swampy in Malayalam

സദാ ചേറുനിറഞ്ഞ, ചതുപ്പുസംബന്ധിയായ, ചേറുള്ള

swampy in Tagalog

wet like a swamp
malate

Forms of swampy

comparativeswampier
superlativeswampiest

Origin of swampy

From swamp + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian sumpich (“swampy”), Dutch sompig, zompig (“swampy, soggy”), German sumpfig (“swampy”), Swedish sumpig (“swampy”).

Words formed from swampy

Phrases with swampy

Questions about swampy

What does swampy mean?
Swampy means soggy and marshy; wet like a swamp.
What is swampy in Malayalam?
Swampy in Malayalam is സദാ ചേറുനിറഞ്ഞ, ചതുപ്പുസംബന്ധിയായ, ചേറുള്ള. See Swampy meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is swampy?
Swampy is an adjective.

Words near swampy in the dictionary

  1. swampwatcher
  2. swampwatchers
  3. swampwater
  4. swampweed
  5. swampweeds
  6. swampy
  7. Swampy Cree
  8. swamy
  9. swamy-pagoda
  10. Swamys
  11. swan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: swampy (page history and authors); swampy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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.

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