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46 Adjectives That End With GY

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baggy (adjective) not fitting closely; hanging loosely Synonyms: loose-fitting, sloppy
bilgy (adjective) smelling like bilge water
boggy (adjective) (of soil) soft and watery Synonyms: marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged
braggy (adjective) exhibiting self-importance Synonyms: big, boastful, braggart, bragging, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing
buggy (adjective) infested with bugs
(adjective) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular Synonyms: around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky
bulgy (adjective) curving outward Synonyms: bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, protuberant
cagy (adjective) characterized by great caution and wariness Synonyms: cagey, chary
(adjective) showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others Synonyms: cagey, canny, clever
clingy (adjective) excessively emotional and attached
cloggy (adjective) (used of soil) compact and fine-grained Synonyms: clayey, heavy
craggy (adjective) having hills and crags Synonyms: cragged, hilly, mountainous
dingy (adjective) causing dejection Synonyms: blue, dark, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry
(adjective) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot Synonyms: begrimed, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy
(adjective) (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear Synonyms: dirty, muddied, muddy
dodgy (adjective) marked by skill in deception Synonyms: crafty, cunning, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
(adjective) of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk Synonyms: chanceful, chancy, dicey
edgy (adjective) being in a tense state Synonyms: high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight
foggy (adjective) filled or abounding with fog or mist Synonyms: brumous, hazy, misty
(adjective) indistinct or hazy in outline Synonyms: bleary, blurred, blurry, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy
(adjective) stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) Synonyms: dazed, groggy, logy, stuporous
(adjective) obscured by fog Synonyms: fogged
fringy (adjective) at or constituting a border or edge Synonyms: marginal
fuggy (adjective) (British informal) poorly ventilated
groggy (adjective) stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) Synonyms: dazed, foggy, logy, stuporous
grungy (adjective) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot Synonyms: begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, raunchy
jaggy (adjective) having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed Synonyms: erose, jagged, notched, toothed
(adjective) having a sharply uneven surface or outline Synonyms: jagged, scraggy
leggy (adjective) having long legs Synonyms: long-legged, long-shanked
(adjective) (of plants) having tall spindly stems Synonyms: tall-growing
logy (adjective) stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) Synonyms: dazed, foggy, groggy, stuporous
mangy (adjective) having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap Synonyms: mangey
mingy (adjective) (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity Synonyms: mean, miserly, tight
muggy (adjective) hot or warm and humid Synonyms: steamy, sticky
piggy (adjective) resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy Synonyms: hoggish, piggish, porcine, swinish
podgy (adjective) short and plump Synonyms: dumpy, pudgy, roly-poly, tubby
prongy (adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches Synonyms: bifurcate, biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged
pudgy (adjective) short and plump Synonyms: dumpy, podgy, roly-poly, tubby
quaggy (adjective) (of soil) soft and watery Synonyms: boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged
rangy (adjective) allowing ample room for ranging
(adjective) adapted to wandering or roaming
(adjective) tall and thin and having long slender limbs Synonyms: gangling, gangly, lanky
scraggy (adjective) being very thin Synonyms: boney, bony, scraggly, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy
(adjective) having a sharply uneven surface or outline Synonyms: jagged, jaggy
sedgy (adjective) covered with sedges (grasslike marsh plants)
shaggy (adjective) having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags Synonyms: shagged
(adjective) used of hair; thick and poorly groomed Synonyms: bushy, shaggy-coated, shaggy-haired
slangy (adjective) constituting or expressed in slang or given to the use of slang
smoggy (adjective) clouded with a mixture of smoke and fog
smudgy (adjective) smeared with something that soils or stains; these words are often used in combination
soggy (adjective) having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking Synonyms: doughy
(adjective) slow and apathetic Synonyms: inert, sluggish, torpid
(adjective) (of soil) soft and watery Synonyms: boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged
spongy (adjective) like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed Synonyms: spongelike
(adjective) easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility Synonyms: spongelike, squashy, squishy
springy (adjective) (of movements) light and confidently active
(adjective) elastic; rebounds readily Synonyms: bouncy, live, lively, resilient
stagy (adjective) having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality Synonyms: stagey
stingy (adjective) unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.) Synonyms: ungenerous
(adjective) deficient in amount or quality or extent Synonyms: meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy
stodgy (adjective) excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull Synonyms: stuffy
(adjective) heavy and starchy and hard to digest
(adjective) (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned Synonyms: fogyish, moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud
stringy (adjective) consisting of or containing string or strings
(adjective) forming viscous or glutinous threads Synonyms: ropey, ropy, thready
(adjective) lean and sinewy Synonyms: wiry
(adjective) (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew Synonyms: fibrous, sinewy, unchewable
swingy (adjective) characterized by a buoyant rhythm Synonyms: lilting, swinging, tripping
tangy (adjective) tasting sour like a lemon Synonyms: lemonlike, lemony, sourish, tart
twiggy (adjective) thin as a twig Synonyms: twiglike

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