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[ adjective ] wet through and through; thoroughly wet

Examples

"stood at the door drenched (or soaked) by the rain" "a shirt saturated with perspiration" "his shoes were sopping (or soaking)" "the speaker's sodden collar" "soppy clothes"

Used in print

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

The smoke from that chimney rose as sluggishly as smoke from any other , and hung as sadly in the drizzle , creeping back_down along the sopping canvas of the roof .

Related terms

wet

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[ adverb ] extremely

Synonyms

dripping soaking

Examples

"dripping wet," "soaking wet"

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