Food texture · Food and eating
soggy
wet and soft
Soggy food has become unpleasantly wet and soft.
This vs that
The chips are soggy.
The chips are crispy.
Hear it in real life
How was the fried chicken?
The flavour was fine, but the coating was soggy.
The chips went soggy because I left them in the takeaway box.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
People usually describe food as having 'gone soggy' in everyday speech.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The chips are very soggily.
Say: The chips are very soggy.
Use the adjective 'soggy' after 'are'.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
soggynoun; food is/gets soggy
Food texture words
Food and eating · Food texture: the words around “soggy”.
Your turn: say it out loud
The chips have gone soggy.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
soggy
wet and soft
“The chips went soggy because I left them in the takeaway box.”
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