sloshy
- adjective
- /ˈslɑːʃi/
- Finally, feeling as if he were eight years old again, facing down some bully on the playground who'd called his father a drunk, he broke the stare and looked out the window at the sloshy track.
Examples
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In fact, it's close enough to safely conclude that the puzzle behind mercury's sloshy nature has been solved.
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The kids jumped in the sloshy puddles, making splashing sounds as they played.
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After the heavy rain, the path became sloshy with puddles that squelched underfoot.
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He carefully crossed the sloshy field, trying not to slip in the muddy water.
Synonyms
Covered in mud and hard to walk on
Very wet and heavy with water
Dirty and covered in mud
Wet, soft snow that is partly melted
Soft, wet ground that is hard to walk on
Thick, soft, and wet like mud that makes walking hard
Soft, wet ground that makes a sucking sound when you step on it
Covered with small pools of water after rain
Soft wet ground that makes walking difficult
A place or surface that is wet, muddy and looks dirty and messy
Very muddy, soft ground that is hard to walk on
Full of small pools of water after rain
Thick, sticky, and slow to move like wet mud
Very wet and soaked through with water
Antonyms
How Soggy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sloshy comes from the English verb slosh ('to move with a wet, splashing sound') and the ending -y meaning 'full of'. So sloshy is a good word for ground or mud that is wet and soft and makes a squelching or splashing sound when you walk on it.