sodden
Soaked or drenched with liquidSoaked or drenched with liquid; soggy, saturated.
» The ground is sodden and muddy.
Der Boden ist aufgeweicht und schlammig.
Земля сира та багниста.
Meaning
4 sensesSoaked or drenched with liquid; soggy, saturated.
durchnässt, aufgeweicht
промо́кшийpromókšij
(figuratively)Drunk; stupid as a result of drunkenness.
1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, line 560, You whoreson sodden headed sheepes-face […]
sturzbetrunken, sturzbesoffen
отупе́вшийotupévšij
(figuratively)Dull, expressionless (of a person’s appearance).
(archaic)Boiled.
- wet through and through; thoroughly wet
Examples
4 sentencesThe ground is sodden and muddy.
Земля сира та багниста.
deDer Boden ist aufgeweicht und schlammig.
The football field was absolutely sodden.
The way, sodden with rain, was extremely slippery.
deDer Weg, vom Regen ganz aufgeweicht, war extrem rutschig.
The path, sodden with rain, was extremely slippery.
deDer Weg, vom Regen ganz aufgeweicht, war extrem rutschig.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English sodden, soden, from Old English soden, ġesoden, from Proto-Germanic *sFrom Middle English sodden, soden, from Old English soden, ġesoden, from Proto-Germanic *sudanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *seuþaną (“to seethe; boil”). Cognate with West Frisian sean, Dutch gezoden (“seethed, boiled”) (related to Dutch zode (“swampy land”)), Low German saden, söddt,
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Forms
more sodden, most sodden| Comparative | more sodden Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most sodden Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
6 synonyms- wet through and through; thoroughly wet:soppy
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form