sogginess

Waterlogged texture state

Sogginess is the state of being unpleasantly wet and soft.

Bread left in soup develops sogginess.

The word extends to anything lacking crispness or firmness: the sogginess of overcooked vegetables, the sogginess of a rain-soaked field.

Figuratively, sogginess can describe writing or thinking that lacks sharpness: The essay suffered from intellectual sogginess.

texture

mushy

Soft or saccharine

  • squishySoft and easily compressed
  • squelchyWet and yielding noisily
  • limpLacking firmness or rigidity

soft · pulpy · waterlogged · sodden · spongy · saturated · drenched · soaked · wilted · droopy

weather

humidity

Moisture in atmosphere

  • drizzleVery light precipitation
  • rainWater dropping from clouds
  • mistFine airborne moisture

fog · dew · clamminess · mugginess · precipitation · moisture · condensation · overcast · showery · rainy

ground

mud

Wet soil mixture

  • puddleShallow collected rainwater
  • bogAcidic peat wetland
  • marshGrassy waterlogged lowland

swamp · mire · quagmire · wetland · fen · peat · slush · muck · waterlogged · flooded

food

cereal

Processed grain for breakfast

crust · fries · toast · pastry · biscuits · cookies · noodles · pasta · vegetables · lettuce

Categories
Opposites
moisture content

sogginessdryness

Absence of moisture

aridness · parchedness · dehydration · desiccation · aridity

texture quality

sogginesscrispness

Snappy, firm texture

crispiness · crunchiness · firmness · stiffness · brittleness

Family

soggy, dampness, soggier, soggiest, soggily

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