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sog·gy

(sŏg′ē, sô′gē)

adj. sog·gi·er, sog·gi·est

1. Saturated or sodden with moisture; soaked: soggy clothes.

2. Lacking spirit; dull: a soggy bit of dialogue.

3. Humid; sultry: a soggy afternoon in August.

[From dialectal sog, to be soaked (from Middle English soggon, soaked, probably of Scandinavian origin) or from dialectal sog, swamp.]

sog′gi·ly adv.

sog′gi·ness n.

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soggy

(ˈsɒɡɪ)

adj, -gier or -giest

1. soaked with liquid

2. (Cookery) (of bread, pastry, etc) moist and heavy

3. informal lacking in spirit or positiveness

[C18: probably from dialect sog marsh, of obscure origin]

ˈsoggily adv

ˈsogginess n

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sog•gy

(ˈsɒg i)

adj. -gi•er, -gi•est.

1. thoroughly wet; soaked; sodden.

2. damp and heavy, as poorly baked bread.

3. ponderously dull; boring: a soggy, sentimental play.

[1590–1600; dial. sog bog + -y¹]

sog′gi•ly, adv.

sog′gi•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	soggy - (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" boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloughy, swampy, waterlogged, squashy, sloppy wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"
	2.	soggy - having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking; "the cake fell; it's a doughy mess" doughy heavy - of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture"
	3.	soggy - slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age" torpid, inert, sluggish inactive - not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"

soggy

adjective sodden, saturated, moist, heavy, soaked, dripping, waterlogged, sopping, mushy, spongy, pulpy soggy cheese and tomato sandwiches

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soggy

adjective

1. Covered with or full of liquid:

sodden, sopping, soppy, wet.

2. Damp and warm:

humid, muggy, sticky, sultry.

Translations

مُبَلَلمُشْبَع بالماء، مُبَلَّل

promáčenýrozmoklý

gennemvåd

durchnässt durchweicht

μουσκεμένος

empapado

märkä

détrempé

mokar

vatnsósa

umido zuppo

ずぶぬれの

함빡 젖은

ištižimas

piemircis

doorweekt

søkkvåt vasstrukken vasstrukket

rozmokły

encharcado

влажный

razmočen

blöt

เปียกโชก

ıslak sırılsıklamsu içinde

sũng nước

浸水的湿透的

soggy

[ˈsɒgɪ] ADJ (soggier (compar) (soggiest (superl))) [paper] → mojado; [clothes, ground] → empapado; [bread, biscuits] → revenido; [salad, vegetables] → pasado

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soggy

[ˈsɒgi] adj [ground] → détrempé(e); [clothes] → trempé(e); [sandwich, bread, cornflakes] → mou(molle)
a soggy tissue → un kleenex détrempé
soggy chips → des frites molles

soggy

adj (+er) → durchnässt, triefnass; soil, compost → durchweicht; food, vegetables → matschig (inf); cake, bread → klitschig; a soggy mess → eine Matsche

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soggy

[ˈsɒgɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → fradicio/a, inzuppato/a; (bread, cake) → molle, pesante

soggy

(ˈsogi) adjective

very wet and soft. In the centre of the puddle was a piece of soggy cardboard.

ˈsogginess noun

soggy

→ مُبَلَل rozmoklý gennemvåd durchnässt μουσκεμένος empapado märkä détrempé mokar zuppo ずぶぬれの 함빡 젖은 doorweekt vasstrukken rozmokły encharcado влажный blöt เปียกโชก ıslak sũng nước 浸水的

soggy

a. saturado-a, empapado-a.

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