[1775–85; sludge + -y1]This word is first recorded in the period 1775–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: alto, backfire, impact, interference, parachute-y is a native English suffix of adjectives meaning “characterized by or inclined to”the substance or action of the word or stem to which the suffix is attached. Otherwords that use the affix -y include: dreamy, grouchy, juicy, rumbly
Examples of 'sludgy' in a sentence
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A huge glass of sludgy, creamy strawberry shake would be fabulous.
Cathy Kelly JUST BETWEEN US (2002)
They walked on, staring over the pier wall at the sludgy floor of the harbour.
O'Connor, Joe DESPERADOES (2002)
Their brown sludgy stuff is an insult to toast.
The Sun (2010)
Make sure you decant it off its sludgy sediment crust before drinking.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The sludgy brown mixture doesn't look appetising ... but it's not half bad.
The Sun (2013)
Its parameters are focused on different shades of sludgy brown.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The first half is a sludgy trudge.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Now, make-up artists, bewitched by this sludgy aesthetic, are deliberately re-creating morning-after make-up.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
My gums grew sludgy and my remaining teeth began to crumble.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The balls, he sourced from the banks of the sludgy, mosquito-infested river that snaked through the local golf club.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
I find they are often sludgy.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Se pietà di me non senti, was thrillingly beautiful, angular and elegant, despite the sludgy strings.