English Explanatory Dictionary

sloughy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having the characteristics of a wetland; marshy.
adj
  1. Resembling dead skin.

Pronunciation

/ˈslaʊ.i/ /ˈslu.i/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sloughy.wav /ˈslʌf.i/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sloughy2.wav

Word forms

sloughy more sloughy most sloughy

Etymology

From slough (“marshy area”) + -y.

Synonyms

boggy miry mucky swampy boggish fennish fenny marish marshy moorish moory morassy paludal paludine paludinous palustral palustrine palustrous poachy quaggy queachy sloughy slumpy spewy swaly swampish syrtic uliginous wiery scarious scruffy scurfy sluffy reef roynish scabby scabrate scabrid scabrous scald scalled scurvy

Derived words

sloughiness
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