Synonyms of sloughy
41 similar words
Another word for sloughy is boggy. Other synonyms of sloughy are fenny, miry and reef.
Synonyms and similar words for sloughy
adjectiveHaving the characteristics of a wetland; marshy.
- boggyHaving the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.
- miryResembling or characteristic of a mire; swampy, boggy.
- mucky
- swampy
- boggishBoggy.
- fennishAbounding in fens; fenny.
- fennyCharacteristic of or resembling a fen (“characteristically alkaline wetland containing peat below the waterline”)...
- marishMarshy; growing in bogs or marshes.
- marshy
- moorish
- mooryResembling a moor; swampy; boggy.
- morassyCharacteristic of a morass; marshy; miry.
- paludalPertaining to marshes, marshy, palustral, (especially designating a plant's habitat).
- paludineOf or relating to a marsh.
- paludinous
- palustral
- palustrineSynonym of palustral.
- palustrousSynonym of palustral.
- poachyWet and soft; boggy.
- quaggy
- queachy
- slumpy dialectal
- spewy
- swaly
- swampishSwampy.
- syrticOf or relating to a syrt; boggy; resembling quicksand.
- uliginous
- wiery
Meaning of sloughy
- adjective Having the characteristics of a wetland; marshy.
- adjective Resembling dead skin.
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