Sloughy (Adjective)
Meaning
(of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The sloughy ground made it difficult to walk without sinking into the mud.
- The sloughy soil was a nightmare for farmers, who struggled to grow crops in its wet conditions.
- The park ranger warned us to stay away from the sloughy areas near the river, as they were prone to flooding.
- The sloughy terrain made the hike challenging, as we had to navigate through muddy patches and watery areas.
- After a week of heavy rain, the field had become a sloughy mess, with water pooling in every low-lying spot.