sloppy
4
1.6
- adjective
- /ˈslɑːpi/
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fangoso
- Both races were run over sloppy tracks at Calder.
- wet and sloppy
- sloppy snow
- sloppy weather
Examples
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The children enjoyed playing in the sloppy mud after the heavy downpour.
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It's raining and the track is sloppy there at Riverside Park.
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And this horse here, it runs well on a sloppy track.
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Yeah, this is just straight sloppy mud.
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Three blocks down, they came to his little house sitting on its sloppy lawn.
Fiction book (1999) -
His first start was scheduled for a mile on the turf, but was run on the sloppy main track.
Blog text (9) -
Chicago played a sloppy game in rainy conditions on unstable turf.
Blog text (3) -
The rain went on until we were thoroughly wringing wet and our boots sloppy; until every depression in the ground, every bunker in the rocks, and every hollow among tree roots was inches deep with muddy water and floating detritus.
Fiction book (2001) -
After days of rain, the ground became sloppy, making it hard to walk without slipping.
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The farmer warned us that the fields were sloppy and difficult to navigate after the storm.
Synonyms
73
1.1
Covered in mud and hard to walk on
17
1.9
Very wet, soft ground that is often muddy after rain
10
6.0
Very wet and heavy with water
8
2.9
Soft, wet ground that is difficult to walk on
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3.2
Dirty and covered in mud
5
1.8
Soft wet land that often has shallow water
3
5.2
Ground that is full of water and too soft to walk on or grow plants
2
5.6
Soft wet ground that is hard to walk on
1
3.6
Soft and easy to crush, often wet or spongy
1
4.8
Thick, soft, and wet like mud that makes walking hard
1
3.7
Covered all over with dirt or mud
1
8.4
Thick, heavy soil that holds water and is hard to dig in
Very muddy, soft ground that is hard to walk on
Soft wet ground that makes walking difficult
Soft, wet ground that feels like deep mud
Wet and soft with water that splashes when you walk on it
A place or surface that is wet, muddy and looks dirty and messy
Thick, sticky, and slow to move like wet mud
Feels squishy and a little wet when pressed
Antonyms
Compounds
How Muddy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sloppy comes from slop (wet, messy liquid) plus -y meaning 'full of', which gives the picture of ground 'full of' wet mud. That's why sloppy soil or a sloppy field is soft, wet, and hard to walk on.