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- Dictionarybog·gy/ˈbäɡē/
adjective
- 1. too wet and muddy to be easily walked on; marshy: "the shrub grows naturally in boggy ground"
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The meaning of BOGGY is consisting of, containing, resembling, or being a bog : swampy, marshy. How to use boggy in a sentence.
adjective. uk / ˈbɒɡ.i / us / ˈbɑː.ɡi / Add to word list. Boggy ground is soft and wet. Synonyms. marshy. swampy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Geography: wetland. bog. boreal forest. constructed wetland. fen. floodplain. marshland. marshy. mire. miry. morass. peat bog. quagmire. quicksand. reed bed. slough. swampland. swampy.
Boggy definition: containing or full of bogs. See examples of BOGGY used in a sentence.
The adjective boggy means "like a bog," and a bog is a swampy wetland with a whole lot of moss. Marshes and swamps, while not bogs, can definitely be described as boggy. Your boggy yard isn't quite right for the vegetable garden you planted.
Definition of 'boggy' Word Frequency. boggy. (bɒgi ) Word forms: comparative boggier, superlative boggiest. adjective. Boggy land is very wet and muddy land. Many thrive in boggy soil too. Synonyms: marshy, muddy, waterlogged, spongy More Synonyms of boggy. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
adjective. us / ˈbɑː.ɡi / uk / ˈbɒɡ.i / Add to word list. Boggy ground is soft and wet. Synonyms. marshy. swampy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Geography: wetland. bog. boreal forest. fen. floodplain. marshy. mire. miry. morass. peat bog. peatland. quicksand. reed bed. slough. swamp gas. swampy. water meadow. waterlogged. wetland.
n. 1. a. An area having a wet, spongy, acidic substrate composed chiefly of sphagnum moss and peat in which characteristic shrubs and herbs and sometimes trees usually grow. b. Any of certain other wetland areas, such as a fen, having a peat substrate. Also called peat bog. 2. An area of soft, naturally waterlogged ground. 3.
