sodden
sodden
Definition
sod·den (säd′'n)
adjective
- Archaic boiled or steeped
- filled with moisture; soaked through
- heavy or soggy from improper baking or cooking: said as of bread
- dull or stupefied, as from liquor
Etymology: obs. pp. of seethe
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to make or become sodden
sod′·denly adverb
sodden
Synonyms
sodden
Usage Examples
Preposition: with
- rain: It was a dark night and the ground was sodden with rain.
- sweat: Our clothing and footwear, such as we possessed, became sodden with sweat.
Modifies a noun
- clothes: He stood in front of the fire, sodden clothes steaming.
- pitch: At this point, the heavy rain became torrential and large pools of water began appearing on the already sodden pitch.
- ground: Then it would pounce, pummeled me into the sodden ground.
- field: Many of the well sodden fields had small ponds due to all the rain.
- condition: Saturday 7th September was the final date with the weather only slightly better both teams put on an excellent show in sodden conditions.
- trouser: Not wanting to run in the sodden trousers from the day before I was reduced to wearing just waterproof ones.
Modifying Another Word
- already: Her clothes were thin, already sodden with dampness from snow earlier in the day.
- so: It was completely unable to take off when it spotted me as it was so sodden!
- absolutely: This is easy to assess, if the diaper is absolutely sodden in the morning then you need to boost.
- completely: The rider stood there, completely sodden; stinking black mud covering him from head to toe.
- all: It's horrible stuff when it gets all sodden with sweat.
- not: Water them with a copper fungicide solution until the compost is damp, not sodden.
Used with adjective complement
sodden Quotes
Midwinter Spring is its own season Sempiternal though sodden towards sundown, Suspended in time, between pole and tropic.
Browse dictionary entries near sodden
- sodbuster
- sodality
- sodalite
- soda water
- soda pop
- soda lime
- soda jerk
- soda fountain
- soda cracker
- soda biscuit
