soggy
Saturated and limp
Soggy describes something unpleasantly saturated with moisture—soft, limp, and waterlogged where it should be firm or crisp.
Cereal left too long in milk becomes soggy.
A soggy lawn squishes underfoot.
The rain turned the field into a soggy mess.
Figuratively, soggy can describe anything that feels damp and lifeless: a soggy performance, soggy prose.
No longer fresh
- overcookedHeated beyond optimal
- mushySoft or saccharine
- limpLacking firmness or rigidity
- softYielding to touch
rubbery · unappetizing · waterlogged · heavy · dense · underdone · steamed · wilted
Soft or saccharine
- squishySoft and easily compressed
- squelchyWet and yielding noisily
- pulpySoft and fibrous
- softYielding to touch
limp · flaccid · droopy · wilted · floppy · saggy · collapsed · formless
Thoroughly wet throughout
- soddenSaturated with liquid
- waterloggedSaturated with liquid
- drenchedThoroughly wet throughout
- saturatedThoroughly soaked through
soppy · dripping · sopping · wringing · damp · wet · moist · dampened
stale
No longer fresh
- overcookedHeated beyond optimal
- mushySoft or saccharine
- limpLacking firmness or rigidity
soft · rubbery · unappetizing · waterlogged · heavy · dense · underdone · steamed · wilted · bland
mushy
Soft or saccharine
soft · limp · flaccid · droopy · wilted · floppy · saggy · collapsed · formless · shapeless
soaked
Thoroughly wet throughout
- soddenSaturated with liquid
- waterloggedSaturated with liquid
- drenchedThoroughly wet throughout
saturated · soppy · dripping · sopping · wringing · damp · wet · moist · dampened · moistened
marshy
Saturated with standing water
- boggySaturated and soft
- swampyWaterlogged and soft
- waterloggedSaturated with liquid
muddy · mucky · quaggy · fenny · slushy · oozy · squelchy · miry · saturated · flooded
damp
Slightly wet
dank · clammy · misty · rainy · overcast · grey · dreary · wet · moist · steamy
- cooking flawsburned, overcooked, undercooked, scorched, raw
- cooking mistakesburnt toast, burned food, undercooked, burnt popcorn, overcooked
- moisturemoisture, humidity, dampness, wetness, wet
- moisture termsmoisture, humidity, wetness, dampness, dryness
- moisture needsxeric, mesic, hydric, arid, humid
- wetland featureswaterlogged, flooded, saturated, muddy, boggy
- soggy ground
- soggy cerealOver-soaked breakfast food
- soggy bottomUnderbaked, sodden crust
- soggy friesMoisture-softened fried potatoes
- soggy foodFood soaked soft
- soggy crustMoisture-ruined pastry base