quaggy
Soft and waterlogged
Quaggy means soft and wet, like a marsh or bog—ground that yields underfoot and might suck at your shoes.
The word is rare, appearing mostly in descriptions of wetlands or waterlogged terrain: The quaggy meadow squelched with each step.
It shares territory with boggy, marshy, and swampy.
Saturated with liquid
- saturatedThoroughly soaked through
- soakedThoroughly wet throughout
- soddenSaturated with liquid
- drenchedThoroughly wet throughout
muddy · moist · damp · wet · slushy · sloppy · miry · swampy
Acidic peat wetland
- fenLow marshy ground
- wetlandWaterlogged land ecosystem
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- moorUncultivated peaty upland
slough · marshland · peatland · muskeg · bayou · morass · saltmarsh · mudflat
Soft and absorbent
- squelchyWet and yielding noisily
- squishySoft and easily compressed
- oozySeeping moisture slowly
- mushySoft or saccharine
yielding · cushiony · springy · compressible · giving · pliable · pliant · doughy
Disloyal and dangerous
- shiftingChanging position or form
- uncertainNot firmly known
- unsteadyLacking balance or stability
- precariousDangerously insecure
unreliable · sinking · sucking · hazardous · deceptive · dangerous · unpredictable · risky
waterlogged
Saturated with liquid
drenched · muddy · moist · damp · wet · slushy · sloppy · miry · swampy · boggy
bog
Acidic peat wetland
moor · slough · marshland · peatland · muskeg · bayou · morass · saltmarsh · mudflat · floodplain
spongy
Soft and absorbent
mushy · yielding · cushiony · springy · compressible · giving · pliable · pliant · doughy · pillowy
treacherous
Disloyal and dangerous
precarious · unreliable · sinking · sucking · hazardous · deceptive · dangerous · unpredictable · risky