swampy

CEFRB1

/swˈɑmpi/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Wet, muddy, and like a swamp.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Flowing smoothly with no harsh tones but possibly including muddy tones.

Examples

  • Swampy land is no use for building purposes.

  • You can't build buildings on swampy land.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Soggy and marshy; wet like a swamp.

More examples

In context

  • swampy armpits

  • Fogerty’s voice is raw but focused, they can stretch out on Born on the Bayou and Suzie Q, but can be succinct, punchy and still just as evocatively swampy on Green River. They have punch – this is easily the best set so far.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

After the rain, the ground was so blank that our boots sank deep into the mud.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

From swamp + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian sumpich (“swampy”), Dutch sompig, zompig (“swampy, soggy”), German sumpfig (“swampy”), Swedish sumpig (“swampy”).