Meanings
adjectiveswampy (comparative swampier, superlative swampiest)
comparative swampier · superlative swampiest
- Flowing smoothly with no harsh tones but possibly including muddy tones.
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.
2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of soil) soft and watery
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian мочурлив, блатист
- мочурлив (močurliv)wet like a swamp
- блатист (blatist)wet like a swamp
Catalan pantanós
- pantanóswet like a swamp
Dutch zompig, drassig
- zompigwet like a swamp
- drassigwet like a swamp
Esperanto marĉa
- marĉawet like a swamp
Finnish soinen
- soinenwet like a swamp
German sumpfig
- sumpfigwet like a swamp
Hungarian mocsaras, ingoványos
- mocsaraswet like a swamp
- ingoványoswet like a swamp
Italian paludoso
- paludosowet like a swamp
Latin palūdester, palūdōsus
- palūdesterwet like a swamp
- palūdōsuswet like a swamp
- palusterwet like a swamp
Latvian staigns, purvains
- staignswet like a swamp
- purvainswet like a swamp
- muklainswet like a swamp
- muklswet like a swamp
Māori kōreporepo
- kōreporepowet like a swamp
Polish bagnisty, błotnisty
- bagnistywet like a swamp
- błotnistywet like a swamp
- bagiennywet like a swamp
- błotnywet like a swamp
Portuguese pantanoso
- pantanosowet like a swamp
Russian боло́тистый
- боло́тистый (bolótistyj)wet like a swamp
Spanish pantanoso, cenagoso
- pantanosowet like a swamp
- cenagosowet like a swamp
Swahili chepechepe
- chepechepewet like a swamp
Tagalog malate
- malatewet like a swamp
Cite this entry
APA
swampy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swampy
MLA
“swampy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swampy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swampy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swampy.
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