soggy
soggy
Definition
soggy (säg′ē, sôg′ē)
adjective -·gier, -·gi·est
- saturated with moisture or liquid; soaked
- moist and heavy; sodden soggy cake
- dull, heavy, and boring
Etymology: < obs. sog, damp, boggy place, prob. < or akin to ON sea, lit., a sucking < base of suck
sog′·gily adverb
sog′·gi·ness noun
soggy
Synonyms
soggy
Usage Examples
Preposition: in
- middle: The bread was well-cooked and not soggy in the middle which can often be the downfall of a lot of bread-based starters.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- make: Don't apply cream between your toes, tho, as it tends to make the skin there soggy.
- leave: A shower shortly before the start of the meeting left the racing surface soggy, but certainly rideable.
Modifies a noun
- mess: Go look at wasps nest: now a sad soggy mess sans its outer cover: a few wasps cower: destroy remains.
- sandwich: Lunch Do Eat foods with a high nutrient value not just a soggy sandwich!
- cardboard: My legs aren't obeying my head, and my arms are like soggy cardboard.
- chip: I don't like anything milky so a nice portion of soggy chip shop chips is far preferable Thankyou very much.
- soil: Planting near to mature trees which naturally remove a great deal of moisture from soggy soil is a clever ecological solution for shade lovers.
- mass: Page 6 1 [ A large proportion of the wall has melted away and the soggy mass has piled up on the floor.
Modifying Another Word
- rather: The moth of the night was a singleton Black Rustic that made up for most of us feeling rather soggy.
- slightly: Another misty and overcast morning, could somebody have a word with somebody about this weather - we are getting slightly soggy.
- too: Our only failure was with the banana bread - far too soggy.
- very: Take care to clear up all the shattered pieces - they become very soggy on melting!
- not: Make sure the soil is not soggy or poorly drained.
- all: In the living room the curtains smell Like birds ' keek and are all soggy and wet.
Used with adjective complement
- go: This means we don´t go soggy in the bath or dry up in the sun!
- get: A shortish one, to wear over chest waders without getting too soggy around the bottom, is ideal.
- become: Take care to clear up all the shattered pieces - they become very soggy on melting!
- feel: The high torque also twists the shaft and that makes the drive feel soggy.
- turn: These are best served hot from the oven as the pastry will turn soggy if left for too long.
Browse dictionary entries near soggy
- Sogdiana
- Sogdian
- softy
- softwood
- software program
- Software Piracy
- software-defined radio
- software-defined network
- software-defined data network
- software
- SOH
- Soho
- soi-disant
- soignée
- soil
- soil bank
- soil conservation
- soil pipe
- soilage
- soiled
