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MIRY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of soil) soft and watery

Example:

swampy bayous

Synonyms:

boggy; marshy; miry; mucky; muddy; quaggy; sloppy; sloughy; soggy; squashy; swampy; waterlogged

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

wet (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water)

Derivation:

mire (a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot)

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