Swampy (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 hikers struggled to make their way through the swampy terrain, their boots sinking into the mud with every step.
- The farm's swampy fields were prone to flooding, making it difficult to grow crops during the rainy season.
- After a week of heavy rain, the backyard had become a swampy mess, with water pooling in every low-lying area.
- The swampy conditions of the bayou made it the perfect habitat for alligators and other aquatic wildlife.
- The trail wound its way through the swampy wetlands, the air thick with the sounds of birds and buzzing insects.