slutchy
- adjective
- Archaic
- The yard was slutchy after the rain.
Examples
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I hate walking on slutchy streets.
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Children played in the slutchy puddles, making the ground even messier.
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After the heavy rain, the camp developed a slutchy atmosphere that kept everyone indoors.
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The slutchy air in the subway station made me want to leave as quickly as possible.
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Years of neglect left the building with a distinctly slutchy feel.
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After the storm, the park's paths were slutchy and difficult to walk on.
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The muddy boots took a toll on the slutchy carpet by the entrance.
Synonyms
115
1.5
Very dirty and covered with mud or dirt
37
7.1
Sticky and unpleasant to touch or smell
35
2.5
Covered in a wet, slippery layer, like on fish or rocks
21
3.7
Covered in thick dirt that makes something look and feel dirty
20
9.7
Very dirty, smelly and unpleasant to touch or be near
10
6.0
Very wet and heavy with water
8
7.1
Very dirty and unpleasant because of poverty or neglect
5
2.0
Wet, soft snow that is partly melted
4
8.6
Dirty and unpleasant, like a place with sticky floors
3
3.2
Dirty and covered in mud
3
4.1
Having soft dirty marks that make a surface look blurred
2
5.6
Covered with a thin dirty film on the surface
1
1.6
Soft, wet ground that is hard to walk on
1
7.7
Covered with sticky, dirty stuff
1
4.8
Thick, soft, and wet like mud that makes walking hard
1
6.3
Full of small pools of water after rain
1
6.1
Soft, wet ground that makes a sucking sound when you step on it
1
3.7
Covered all over with dirt or mud
1
4.8
Wet and soft with water that splashes when you walk on it
1
8.8
Sticky and messy with a soft unpleasant covering
1
5.6
Covered in black soot or dirt
1
8.4
Very muddy, soft ground that is hard to walk on
1
9.9
Soft wet ground that makes walking difficult
Very dirty and messy so it needs cleaning
Antonyms
How Muddy
Surface Forms
Morphology
slutchy = slush (semi-transparent) = slutch + y
The adjective is formed by a regular suffixation pattern (-y) from a root meaning 'slush/slushiness', so the basic sense 'muddy/slushy' is predictable, but the root form 'slutch' is a dialectal/spelling variant of 'slush' which may obscure recognition for learners.
Etymology
Slutchy is easy to remember if you see it as a mix of slush ('wet, half-melted snow') and sludge ('thick mud'), and it is close to the common word slushy. So slutchy means a place that is wet, muddy and unpleasantly messy.