marshy

5 1.8

Soft wet land that often has shallow water

adjective
/ˈmɑrʃi/

: pantanoso

There were marshy places like this near the sea not far from our cave on the peninsula.
marshy areas
marshy ground
low and marshy

Examples

Pisa's name comes from a Greek word for marshy land, which perfectly describes the clay, mud and wet sand below the city's surface.
A creek flows gently through marshy ground under an umbrella of trees.

Fiction book (1993)
The trees were huge and grew right up to and in the marshy water.

Fiction book (1992)
By the time the sun topped the mountain ahead, the snow gave way to marshy ground.

Fiction book (2000)
The golf course is set in the middle of marshy land; alligators are not an unusual sight.

Fiction book (2002)
This combination would be lethal to most trees, but mangroves make the most of their marshy surroundings.
The site would have been surrounded by marshy swamps in the spring, the result of the river's seasonal flooding.

Academic text (2006)
The facility at Pine River was erected on marshy land, hard by the steady rustle of the Atlantic.

Fiction book (2000)
We spent the afternoon on a hill overlooking the marshy end, watching the mallards and arguing over the binoculars.

Fiction book (1993)
The family got its nickname from their land, which was marshy in many places.

Synonyms

muddy

vsmarshy

73 1.1

Covered in mud and hard to walk on

is wet ground often with standing water rather than simply mud coating

soggy

vsmarshy

17 1.9

Very wet, soft ground that is often muddy after rain

is about wet soft land naturally covered with water rather than soaked materials

swampy

vsmarshy

8 2.9

Soft, wet ground that is difficult to walk on

is shallower wet ground often more open with grassy vegetation

mucky

vsmarshy

7 3.2

Dirty and covered in mud

is natural wet land often covered by water rather than being merely dirty

sloppy

vsmarshy

4 1.6

Soft, wet ground that is hard to walk on

is a neutral natural wet state often not implying messiness or disorder

waterlogged

vsmarshy

3 5.2

Ground that is full of water and too soft to walk on or grow plants

is wet ground often with standing shallow water rather than fully saturated

boggy

vsmarshy

2 5.6

Soft wet ground that is hard to walk on

is more general wet ground often covered by standing shallow water

fenny

vsmarshy

Archaic

9.9

Wet and soft like land near a marsh

is the general term for wet soft ground often covered with water

quaggy

vsmarshy

9.8

Soft, wet ground that feels like deep mud

is wet soft ground but not necessarily spongy or sinking under weight

miry

vsmarshy

8.4

Very muddy, soft ground that is hard to walk on

is wet ground often covered with water rather than mainly mud

sloughy

vsmarshy

9.9

Soft wet ground that makes walking difficult

is wet ground often covered with shallow water rather than thick mud

sloshy

vsmarshy

4.8

Wet and soft with water that splashes when you walk on it

is wet land that may be water covered without noisy squelching or splashing

Antonyms

dry

791 1.0

Not wet or without any liquid

solid

325 1.0

Firm and hard so it keeps its shape, not liquid

How Marshy

waterlogged

3 5.2

swampy

8 2.9

boggy

2 5.6

marshy

5 1.8

damp

113 1.0

Surface Forms

marshy positive

marshier comparative

marshiest superlative

Morphology

marshy = marsh (transparent) = marsh + y

The word 'marshy' is transparently derived from 'marsh' with the addition of the suffix '-y' to form an adjective meaning 'like a marsh'.

Etymology

The word marshy comes from marsh, meaning 'wet, low land', and the ending -y, meaning 'full of'. So marshy describes ground that is soft and wet, like a marsh.