sludged
Waded through muck
Sludged is the past tense of sludge, meaning to become clogged or coated with thick, muddy sediment: The drain sludged up after years of neglect.
In informal use, sludged can describe moving slowly and heavily, as if wading through muck: We sludged through the swamp for hours.
Thick and slow-flowing
gelatinous · slimy · gloppy · congealed · clotted · syrupy · pasty · lumpy
Walked laboriously
- trudgedWalked with effort
- wadedWalked through water
- draggedPulled heavily along
- laboredRequiring great exertion
squelched · slogged · sluggish · crawled · slowed · hampered · clogged · obstructed
Discharged liquid waste
- tailingsPost-extraction mineral waste
- wasteUnwanted discarded material
- refineryIndustrial purification facility
- byproductSecondary outcome of production
emissions · contamination · factory · smelter · steelworks · manufacturing · machinery · production
viscous
Thick and slow-flowing
sticky · gelatinous · slimy · gloppy · congealed · clotted · syrupy · pasty · lumpy · claggy
plodded
Walked laboriously
labored · squelched · slogged · sluggish · crawled · slowed · hampered · clogged · obstructed · impeded
effluent
Discharged liquid waste
- tailingsPost-extraction mineral waste
- wasteUnwanted discarded material
- refineryIndustrial purification facility
byproduct · emissions · contamination · factory · smelter · steelworks · manufacturing · machinery · production · chemicals
contaminated
Made impure by contact
murky · dirty · unclean · noxious · hazardous · degraded · spoiled · turbid · fetid · rank
bog
Acidic peat wetland
fen · bayou · wetland · mudflat · peat · delta · swamp · waterlogged · stagnant · brackish
- toxic sludgePoisonous industrial byproduct
- sewage sludgeSolid wastewater treatment residue