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marshy

11 synonyms and 1 antonym for marshy, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Adj — Wet and soft like a marsh.

Synonyms

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squashy swampy soggy miry boggy quaggy waterlogged sloughy mucky

Antonyms

dry

Etymology

Came into English from Middle English mersshy, mershi, equivalent to marsh + -y.

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