sodden

sodden
adj
1. soggy, soppy, sopping, sopping or wringing wet, wet, dripping; oozy, leaking, seepy, seeping; humid, damp, dank, moist, soupy, clammy, sweaty, muggy, steamy; soaked, drenched, saturated, soused, waterlogged; drowned, flooded, inundated, covered with water, under water; imbued, imbrued, infused, permeated, steeped, marinated, soaked through; bloated, swollen, puffy, distended, blown up; macerated, decomposing, disintegrating, falling apart.
2. spongy, marshy, paludal, boggy, swampy, quaggy, miry, slimy, muddy, lutose; soft, mushy, squashy, squishy, pulpy, flabby, fleshy, fat, thick, succulent, Bot. uliginous; watery, thin, pappy, paplike, runny; doughy, gummy, tacky, sticky, viscid, gluey, gluelike, glutinous, Inf. gooey; lumpy, pasty, starchy, heavy, indigestible, unhealthful.
3. solemn, staid, somber, sober, stodgy; ponderous, laborious, labored, tedious, tiresome, tiring, wearisome; dull, dry, dry-as-dust, prosaic, uninteresting, boring, boresome, humdrum, monotonous, dead; expressionless, vapid, vacant, empty; bland, tasteless, insipid, jejune, pallid, Sl. nothing, Sl. blah, Sl. for the birds; dull-witted, stolid, doltish, loutish, lumpish, blockish, bovine, Inf. thick; stupid, slow-witted, Inf. dumb, retarded.
4. spiritless, lifeless, unanimated; heavy, leaden, torpid, listless, lethargic, phlegmatic, sluggish, languid, lazy, oscitant, drowsy; stationary, static, stagnant, standing, dormant, still, motionless, inactive, inert.

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  • Sodden — Sod den, a. [p. p. of {Seethe}.] Boiled; seethed; also, soaked; heavy with moisture; saturated; as, sodden beef; sodden bread; sodden fields. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sodden — Sod den, v. i. To be seethed; to become sodden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sodden — ► ADJECTIVE 1) soaked through. 2) (in combination ) having drunk an excessive amount of an alcoholic drink: whisky sodden. DERIVATIVES soddenly adverb soddenness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «boiled»: from SEETHE(Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

  • sodden — [säd′ n] adj. [obs. pp. of SEETHE] 1. Archaic boiled or steeped 2. filled with moisture; soaked through 3. heavy or soggy from improper baking or cooking: said as of bread 4. dull or stupefied, as from liquor vt., vi. to make or become sodden… …   English World dictionary

  • Sodden — Sod den, v. t. To soak; to make heavy with water. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sodden — O.E. soden, strong pp. of seoþan to cook, boil (see SEETHE (Cf. seethe)). Originally boiled; sense of soaked is first recorded 1820 …   Etymology dictionary

  • sodden — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English soden, from past participle of sethen to seethe Date: 1589 1. a. dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages < sodden features > b. torpid, sluggish < sodden minds > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sodden — sod|den [ˈsɔdn US ˈsa:dn] adj [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Old past participle of seethe] very wet and heavy ▪ sodden clothes ▪ The earth was sodden. rain sodden/water sodden ▪ rain sodden hair …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • -sodden — [[t] sɒd(ə)n[/t]] 1) COMB in ADJ: usu ADJ n sodden combines with drink and with the names of alcoholic drinks to form adjectives which describe someone who has drunk too much alcohol and is in a bad state as a result. He portrays a whisky sodden… …   English dictionary

  • sodden — /ˈsɒdn / (say sodn) adjective 1. soaked with liquid or moisture. 2. (of bread, cake, etc.) heavy, doughy, or soggy. 3. intoxicated on a specified beverage: beer sodden; gin sodden. 4. (of the face) a. bloated, as with crying. b. dulled with… …  

  • sodden — [[t]sɒ̱d(ə)n[/t]] ADJ Something that is sodden is extremely wet. We stripped off our sodden clothes... His grey jersey and trousers were sodden with the rain. Syn: soaked …   English dictionary

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