fenny
Damp and swampy
Fenny means marshy or swampy—characteristic of a fen, which is low wetland with peaty soil.
The word appears mostly in literary or archaic contexts: fenny ground, fenny odors.
Shakespeare used it in the witches' brew: fenny snake.
Outside poetry and historical writing, boggy or marshy are more common choices.
Grassy waterlogged lowland
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- bogAcidic peat wetland
- quagmireSoft, wet ground
- sloughBoggy ground or cast-off skin
bayou · estuary · delta · mangrove · reedbed · floodplain · riparian · marshland
Thoroughly wet and soft
- muddyObscured by silt
- squelchyWet and yielding noisily
- oozySeeping moisture slowly
- slushySemi-melted and wet
damp · saturated · miry · soft · spongy · waterlogged · morass · quicksand
Without movement or progress
- dankDisagreeably cold and wet
- mustyStale from dampness
- fetidHaving foul odor
- malodorousHaving a bad smell
putrid · humid · sultry · noxious · decaying · pestilential · unwholesome · malarial
marsh
Grassy waterlogged lowland
slough · bayou · estuary · delta · mangrove · reedbed · floodplain · riparian · marshland · polder
soggy
Thoroughly wet and soft
slushy · damp · saturated · miry · soft · spongy · waterlogged · morass · quicksand · silt
stagnant
Without movement or progress
malodorous · putrid · humid · sultry · noxious · decaying · pestilential · unwholesome · malarial · foggy
peatland
Wetland with accumulated plant matter
humus · acidic · peatbog · decomposition · anaerobic · carbon · tussock · hummock · heath · fuel
fennyarid
Devoid of water
dry · parched · desiccated · waterless · droughty
fennyupland
Elevated land area
highland · mountainous · elevated · hilly · well-drained
- fender benderMinor vehicle collision
- rear fenderBack wheel's body panel
- fender skirtDecorative wheel well covering
- Fender StratocasterFamous American electric guitar
- fender repairFixing damaged car panels
- Fender ampElectric guitar sound booster
defenestration, fen, fender, fens, fenland, fenlands, fencerow