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# soggy

«soggy» in Mova's school dictionary: **very wet and soft, often in an unpleasant way, like soggy…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (soggy, soggier, soggiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Soggy means very wet and soft, often in an unpleasant way, like soggy cereal or soggy grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soggy/#m1)

2) Soggy food has gone soft because it soaked up liquid or was kept too long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soggy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: soggy sandwiches, soggy chips, soggy shoes after the rain, a soggy field after a storm. In science, soggy soil is full of water. In stories, it describes rainy, muddy days.

### examples

- My cereal went soggy because I left it too long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soggy/#x1)
- The field was too soggy to play football on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soggy/#x2)
- Our sandwiches got soggy in the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soggy/#x3)
- Take off your soggy socks and put on dry ones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soggy/#x4)
- The cardboard box went soggy and fell apart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soggy/#x5)
- Nobody likes soggy chips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soggy/#x6)
- After the storm the garden was soggy and muddy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soggy/#x7)

### note

Adjective: soggy, soggier, soggiest (y changes to i). Soggy is wetter and softer than damp; it is usually a negative word. Opposite: «crisp» or «dry».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «soggy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/soggy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.