Spongy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈspʌnd͡ʒi/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Spongy is an adjective meaning Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous.
Meaning
Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous.
More Meanings
- Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.
- (slang) Drunk.
Example Sentences
spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones
Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims, Which spongy April at thy hest betrims,
It rains […] most of the fall and winter and much of the spring. It’s a spongy sky you’ll be wearing on your head.
Her who still weepes with spungie eyes, And her who is dry corke, and never cries; I can love her, and her, and you and you, I can love any, so she be not true.
Word Forms
- spongier
- spongiest
- spongey
Synonyms for spongy
Depending on context, synonyms include spongelike, wet, drunk, soft, squishy, absorbent.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include squishy, absorptive, absorbent, squashy, soft, mesophyll.
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