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   sod·den

   /ˈsäd(ə)n/

   adjective

   • 1. saturated with liquid, especially water; soaked through: "his clothes were sodden" Similar soakingsoaking wetsoakedsoaked throughwet throughsaturateddrenchedsopping (wet)dripping (wet)wringing (wet)streamingwaterloggedsoggysaturatedsopping (wet)boggyswampymiryfennyoozymarshyheavysquelchysoftrare:quaggyOpposite dryarid
   • ▪ having drunk an excessive amount of a particular alcoholic drink: "a whiskey-sodden criminal"

   verb

   • 1. saturate (something) with water: archaic "the rains have soddened the earth"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘boiled, cooked by boiling’): archaic past participle of seethe.

   Derivatives

   • 1. soddenly adverb
   • 2. soddenness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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