sloughy
Soft and swampy
Sloughy describes something resembling or characterized by a slough—a swampy, muddy, or boggy place.
The word can describe terrain that's soft and waterlogged: The sloughy ground sucked at our boots.
It may also relate to the other slough (rhyming with "stuff"), meaning shed skin or dead tissue, describing something that peels or sloughs off.
Waterlogged land with vegetation
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
- mireBoggy, waterlogged terrain
- quagmireSoft, wet ground
- wetlandWaterlogged land ecosystem
fen · bog · morass · peatland · moorland · bayou · waterlogged · soggy
Of dying tissue
- gangrenousAffected by tissue death
- ulceratedHaving open sores
- festeringBecoming infected, decaying
- escharNecrotic tissue crust
debridement · granulation · tissue · bedsore · lesion · suppurating · infected · weeping
Decomposed or corrupt
- putridDecomposed and foul-smelling
- festeringBecoming infected, decaying
- gangrenousAffected by tissue death
- necroticOf dying tissue
decomposing · putrefying · corrupted · spoiled · rancid · cadaverous · moldering · septic
Periodic shedding of covering
- peelingComing off in strips
- exfoliationShedding surface skin cells
- flakingShedding in layers
- sheddingLosing outer covering
swamp
Waterlogged land with vegetation
wetland · fen · bog · morass · peatland · moorland · bayou · waterlogged · soggy · hummock
necrotic
Of dying tissue
- gangrenousAffected by tissue death
- ulceratedHaving open sores
- festeringBecoming infected, decaying
eschar · debridement · granulation · tissue · bedsore · lesion · suppurating · infected · weeping · raw
rotten
Decomposed or corrupt
- putridDecomposed and foul-smelling
- festeringBecoming infected, decaying
- gangrenousAffected by tissue death
necrotic · decomposing · putrefying · corrupted · spoiled · rancid · cadaverous · moldering · septic · suppurating
molting
Periodic shedding of covering
- peelingComing off in strips
- exfoliationShedding surface skin cells
- flakingShedding in layers
shedding · castoff · moult · renewal · snakeskin · keratosis
ooze
Seep gradually out
squelch · gumbo · clay · loam · sediment · grime · dirt · filth · puddle · slick