| adjective | like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness |
| adjective | (of soil) soft and watery “the ground was boggy under foot” |
| adjective | easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility “spongy bread” |
| pulp | noun | any soft or soggy mass |
| pulpiness | noun | a mushy pulpy softness |
| bog | noun | wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel |
| marsh | noun | low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water |
| mire | noun | a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot |
| mud | noun | water soaked soil; soft wet earth |
| muddiness | noun | the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water |
| quag | noun | a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot |
| sloppiness | noun | the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water |
| slop | noun | deep soft mud in water or slush |
| slough | noun | a hollow filled with mud |
| sogginess | noun | a heavy wetness |
| swamp | noun | low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog |
| sponge | noun | primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies |
| sponginess | noun | the property of being able to occupy less space |