swampy
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2.9
- adjective
- /ˈswɑːm.pi/
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pantanoso
- The hikers struggled to cross the swampy ground after the heavy rains.
- swampy lowlands
- swampy area
- swampy and flood-prone
So he's in this forest, it's foggy, it's dark, it's like it's swampy.
- So he's in this forest, it's foggy, it's dark, it's like it's swampy.
- This is fine, but it would leave barbed wire intact in a lot of cases, or if it hit muddy swampy ground, it just wouldn't explode at all.
- He was visiting Princeton and someone pointed out this kind of swampy land and said we'd like to really create a lake.
- Because the land became swampy in the spring as the snow melted, they argued that Rapanos's development plan would destroy protected wetlands.
Examples
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The Back Bay was actually a swampy and unhealthy area known as the Mill Dam.
Blog text (3) -
The sky was yellowing up for morning, and the swampy, froggy smell of North Florida seemed far away.
Fiction book (1994) -
Because it fell into a swampy area
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* Three miles back in the swampy woods *
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The path LED through a swampy pass between two steep hills.
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It's the number one cause of wildfires in swampy areas.
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The land on either side was low and swampy and filled with mangroves.
Fiction book (1998) -
The sacred heart plant grows in a swampy area with malarial infestation.
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Because the land became swampy in the spring as the snow melted, they argued that Rapanos's development plan would destroy protected wetlands.
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Settlers found the better-drained upland soils easier to cultivate and less subject to malaria than the swampy lowlands.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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1.1
Covered in mud and hard to walk on
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1.9
Very wet, soft ground that is often muddy after rain
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6.0
Very wet and heavy with water
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3.2
Dirty and covered in mud
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1.8
Soft wet land that often has shallow water
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1.6
Soft, wet ground that is hard to walk on
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5.2
Ground that is full of water and too soft to walk on or grow plants
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5.6
Soft wet ground that is hard to walk on
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3.6
Soft and easy to crush, often wet or spongy
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4.8
Thick, soft, and wet like mud that makes walking hard
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6.1
Soft, wet ground that makes a sucking sound when you step on it
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3.7
Covered all over with dirt or mud
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 like land near a marsh
Wet and soft with water that splashes when you walk on it
Thick, sticky, and slow to move like wet mud
A place or surface that is wet, muddy and looks dirty and messy
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A plant that grows in wet places with yellow flowers and seeds that stick to clothes
How Swampy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word swampy comes from the noun swamp, meaning land that is very wet and soft, plus the ending -y which means 'full of' or 'like'. So swampy describes ground that is wet and soft and hard to walk on, the kind of place you get after heavy rain.