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Synonyms for moorish

  • adjective

Most common

swampy marshy boggy moory quaggy

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Resembling or characteristic of a moor; abounding in moorland.

Example sentences

  • swampy Swampy land is no use for building purposes.
  • marshy Gabriel made his way through the dense marshy area.
  • boggy Groningen used to be very boggy.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
moorishfalling
swampyfalling
marshyfalling
boggysteady
moorysteady
quaggysteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
boggy, moory
6 letters
swampy2, marshy2, quaggy

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (swampy2 = 2 syllables).